Essays
Bahrain
Relocating the Fifth Fleet?

It’s far from a no-brainer.

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The Middle East
Turkish Disconnections

The press is spilling plenty of ink on the U.S.-Turkey crisis, but precious little of the coverage is connecting the dots.

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Radical Sacrifice
The Useful Errors of Terry Eagleton

Eagleton’s diagnosis of the central problem of postmodernity is spot-on, even if his denials of his own postmodern outlook are less convincing.

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American Grand Strategy
Trump’s Pivot to Eurasia

If Obama pivoted to Asia, then Trump has pivoted to Eurasia. American decision makers seem increasingly aware that the new center of gravity in world politics is not the Pacific and not the Atlantic, but the Old World between the two.

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The Macron-Benalla Affair
Jupiter and Rambo

“Grotesque speculations” are crippling France when we need it most.

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Toward the Brink
The Great Middle Eastern War of 2019

The next war on Israel’s north will not simply be a more destructive replay of the 2006 Lebanon War, but will likely involve many more actors on multiple fronts, unprecedented challenges for escalation management, warfighting, and conflict termination—and the possibility of a regional conflagration.

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The New Speech Wars
The Costs of Policing Ideas

Between shaming, outrage mobs, and self-censorship, our free speech crisis goes far beyond the First Amendment.

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Turkey Crisis
The Fallout of Qatar’s Bailout

Doha’s bailout of Ankara is a slap in the face to Washington, and will jeopardize Qatari efforts to mend strained ties with the United States.

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Higher Ed Watch
The Ironic Irresponsibility of Tuition-Free College Schemes

Plans to make public state universities tuition free would harm the social cohorts they’re meant to help.

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Of Pensions and Sanctions
Putin’s Perfect Storm

An escalating sanctions war, a series of unpopular economic reforms, and elite discontent threaten to embolden Putin’s critics and discredit his “besieged fortress” narrative.

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