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An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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GettyImages-542772920crop Can the Brexit Denial Finally Stop Now?
It's time for wonks to accept that a country might willingly make itself economically worse off -- and that it doesn't mean voters were hoodwinked.
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Surrounded by miners from Rosebud Mining, US President Donald Trump (C) applauds after signing the Energy Independence Executive Order at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters in Washington, DC, March 28, 2017. President Donald Trump claimed an end to the "war on coal" Tuesday, as he moved to roll back climate protections enacted by predecessor Barack Obama. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Is the Paris Climate Agreement Dead?
Trump’s new enviro-rollback seeks to undermine the landmark accord, but an America First energy plan might not mean pulling out entirely.
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GettyImages-655697360 Balkan Conspiracy Theories Come to Capitol Hill
A group of GOP senators is spreading false allegations from a shadowy organization and supporting the region’s corrupt and undemocratic forces.
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 23: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is seen during the Men's Four-Man Bobsleigh on Day 16 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images) The Most Hated Man in Russia
This weekend's protests proved one thing: From Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, everyone hates Dmitry Medvedev.
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XXX during the 21st party congress of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) on December 4, 2007 in Hanover, Germany. The delegates passed a new basic policy program to last the party for the upcoming 10 to 15 years. Pessimism Is Europe’s Only Hope
On its 60th anniversary, a troubled EU should take inspiration from one of its greatest inheritances: gloomy German philosophy.
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<> on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Libya Can’t Save Itself
As fighting heats up between rival armed groups and Russia increases its involvement, a power vacuum threatens to tear the country apart.
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Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud (2nd L) arrives to meet with French President for a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016. World leaders are gathering in Hangzhou for the 11th G20 Leaders Summit from September 4 to 5. / AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images) The Power Struggle for the Throne and the Saudi ‘Reset’ With Trump
Intrigue and war could complicate the budding romance between Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration.
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 26: Hartaj Singh, originally of India, stands for the U.S. national anthem before becoming an American citizen on July 26, 2013 in New York City. Eighty immigrants from 47 countries became Americans at a naturalization ceremony held by the USCIS at the New York Historical Society. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Trump Is Scaring Indians
The immigration ban and visa restrictions has both New Delhi and America’s Indian community deeply afraid.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: A view of the Supreme Court at dusk, January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court on Tuesday night. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) This Is What It Looks Like When Courts Don’t Trust the Commander in Chief
Why Donald Trump has an unprecedentedly short legal leash on national security.
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 19: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) at the Great Hall of the People on March 19, 2017 in Beijing, China. Tillerson is on his first visit to Asia as Secretary of State. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) China and America Need a One-Korea Policy
The only way to stop North Korea is by guaranteeing the peninsula will eventually be united — and non-aligned.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - FEBRUARY 24: Deputy assistant to President Trump Sebastian Gorka participates in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 24, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, CPAC is an annual gathering of right wing politicians, commentators and their supporters. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Sebastian Gorka May Be a Far-Right Nativist, but for Sure He’s a Terrible Scholar
A closer look at the doctoral dissertation of President Trump’s expert on “radical Islamist terrorism.”
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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A Little Advice to Europe, From Your Best Friend
Trump’s America isn’t out to undo the European Union. It just wants to update the relationship.
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Participants hold laptops at the Chaos Computer Club's annual congress in Hamburg, Germany, in December 2012. (Patrick Lux/Getty Images) The Making of Islamophobia Inc.
A well-funded network is trying to strip the right to speak away from American Muslims and fanning the politics of fear.
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GettyImages-633686694crop America First, But Germany Second
If Trump wants a Europe that takes care of its own needs, he needs a strong partner in Berlin.
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Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo flying Islamist flags as they head to a frontline, on May 26, 2015. Once Syria's economic powerhouse, Aleppo has been divided between government control in the city's west and rebel control in the east since shortly after fighting there began in mid-2012. AFP PHOTO / AMC / FADI AL-HALABI (Photo credit should read Fadi al-Halabi/AFP/Getty Images) Al Qaeda Is Starting to Swallow the Syrian Opposition
On the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, moderate rebels have never been weaker — and jihadis have never been stronger.
