Essays
“The Doctor,” Sir Luke Fildes (1891) via Wikimedia Commons
What’s Really Wrong with U.S. Health Care
When “Profit” Is Just Another Word for “Waste”

Robert M. Kaplan’s More Than Medicine offers a genteel, scholarly presentation of the dumpster fire that is the American health care system, but he fails to place blame for it squarely where it belongs: the U.S. health care business model.

Changing Tides
The Lost History of Democratic Support for Israel

Historically, the Democratic Party has been at the forefront of efforts to fight anti-Semitism. We shouldn’t let Ilhan Omar change that.

The Bosses of the Senate by Joseph Keppler (Wikimedia Commons)
Congressional Oversight
Getting a Bead on Greed

One of the lesser-known tragedies of the past decade is the decline of bipartisan Congressional investigations. A new book by Elise Bean illuminates the history.

Katsushika Hokusai, “The Great Wave”
The Quest to Conquer Risk
How Businesses Master Disaster

Two new books offer complementary takes on best practices for understanding and adapting to the fundamentally changing nature of business risk.

(Photo Credit: Adnan Bhittani)
Voices from Pakistan
The Pashtuns’ Year of Living Dangerously

Over the past year, a Pashtun awakening has transformed war-torn Waziristan from a hotbed of terrorism to a battleground for civil rights. But can the movement bring real change?

Carl Hoeckner, “The Mob” (1935)
The Future of Liberalism
Ignoring Immigration Is Empowering the Far Right

Western political establishments must make a choice: Either address popular fears about immigration, or voters will elect illiberals willing to do so.

(Nic Bothma/EPA)
Congo’s Game of Thrones
The Peaceful Democratic Transition That Wasn’t

After rigged elections installed a pliant opposition leader in office, neither a true transfer of power nor a revolution seem likely in DR Congo.

Frederick Walker, “The Wayfarers” (1868)
Whose Europe?
The Eastern Blind Spot in German Leadership

How young democracies may find themselves stuck between Berlin and Moscow.

The Psychology of Arms Control
The INF Treaty Was Built on Fantasy—But It Was Useful Fantasy

Yet there are good reasons not to mourn its passing.

Swedish Exceptionalism
Sweden’s New Government: Something Rotten in Utopia?

After four months of talks, Sweden has formed a new government that looks very much like its old one. But under the surface, the ground is shifting.

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