Essays
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Pushing the Limits
Beijing’s “National Security” Gambit for Hong Kong

If its Indo-Pacific initiative is to be credible, the United States must find way to address Beijing’s projection of ideological influence throughout the region, including Hong Kong.

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Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
The Decline of American Public Administration

After a period of innovation and creativity driven by economists, the field of public administration seems to have lost its way again.

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Yehiye Tov
“Flaming Kites,” Hezbollah, and Iranian Nukes

Bucking perceptions abroad of a country in crisis, life is good in Israel, even if existential threats loom just beyond the horizon.

Continent in Crisis
After Union, the Deluge

In a searing new book, Ian Kearns reckons with the European Union’s many failures—and offers a disturbing prediction of its collapse.

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The Triumph of the Prison Yard

Neo-Marxist dogma, long ascendant in the academy, has finally broken through into mainstream life. The damage being wrought on our democracies is substantial—and perhaps fatal.

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Security Cooperation
Train and Desist

Government analysts say most security cooperation programs don’t work. Does Congress care? 

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Immigration in America
Suffer the Little Children: The View from El Paso

A visit to the El Paso-Juarez “borderplex” points to the difficulties involved in recovering the sensible center on immigration policy.

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No Exit
Left Rule or Mob Rule?

Getting rid of Sarah Jeong will set a terrible precedent. So will keeping her.

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Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
Social Media and Censorship

The idea that the big internet platforms are not media companies has never really been tenable, and the contradictions in their public protestations of neutrality have become ever more apparent over time.

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Electoral Reform
Ranked Choice Voting: “As Maine Goes…”

Maine’s experiment with ranked choice voting was by many standards a success. But will the nation follow its lead?

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