A Lesson From Georgia
Facing Up To Frozen Conflicts

Engagement rather than neglect is key. It’s time to take the U.S.–Georgia relationship to the next level.

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Getting to a Strategy
How To “Normalize” Relations With Russia

No, it doesn’t mean playing nice. It means convincing Moscow of the permanence of the geopolitical order on its western frontier.

Small Nations
Estonia and the Kindness of Strangers

Estonia has expertly played the hand it has been given by history, building a model small democratic nation in the 20th century. But its size and geography mean its fate is still not in its own hands.

Regional Inequalities
Fighting the Geography of Discontent

Neoliberal policy failures have played a critical role in shaping today’s regionally splintered political landscape. It’s time to revisit old economic orthodoxies and chart a sane path forward.

After the Midterms
A New Age of Reform

Big changes are coming to how we do democracy in America.

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A NATO Base in Poland
Making “Fort Trump” A Reality

The President has a chance to send an unmistakable message of NATO and U.S. resolve by establishing a permanent military presence in Poland.

Tender is the Night
Murky Nuclear Business in New Europe

How business is now done: Russia and China appear to be tussling in the shadows for a lucrative no-bid nuclear contract in the Czech Republic.

Post-America
The Iceman Cometh

Why dismantling the Pax Americana will not make the United States strong again—nor make the world safer.

Private & Public
Three Moral Economies of Data

A new way for thinking about how governments and societies choose to address the political, economic, and social implications of data and data-driven artificial intelligence.

A Conversation
Going After the Enablers

We sat down with Bill Browder to talk about how many Western lawyers, bankers, and financiers—the enablers of foreign kleptocrats and human rights abusers—have a lot to worry about with the passage of the Global Magnitsky Act.

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