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Putin's World
In It To Win It

The West’s inability to comprehend how Vladimir Putin sees the world means it has trouble thinking constructively about how to deal with him.

The GOP's Red Dawn
Watch Out for Scott Walker

Scott Walker can relate to the middle class and has won many important victories against his political enemies. He’s more strongly positioned for 2016 than many realize.

New World Disorder
Russia Threatens SWIFT

The task of maintaining a peaceful, liberal world order is getting harder and more complicated.

After the Greek Elections
Will Greece Turn To Russia?

The next shoe to drop after the Greek election may be pointing in an eastward direction.

The Greek Election
Hell Is Other European Central Bankers

The overall situation in the aftermath of the Greek elections is a combination of a classical tragedy and Sartre’s No Exit.

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Year In Review
The Losers of 2014

We gave you the winners; now here are their opposites.

Modinomics
Good Omens for Indian Reforms

India is giving individual states more freedom to test new ideas. It worked for us!

Saudi Security Fears
The Saudi Crackdown and Obama’s Iran Policy

Where Americans see unjustifiable rights violations, Saudis see emergency measures that America made necessary.

Iran Unbowed
Misreading the Mullahs

From Yemen to the Israeli-Syrian border, Iran is setting fires again. Did the Administration misread its intentions as badly as it misread Russia’s?

Unsatisfying Alternatives
The Never-ending Abortion Wars

Americans like to think that perfect solutions to social problems can be engineered with enough hard work and good will. With abortion policy, at least, that can’t be done.

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