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An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Protestors rally during a demonstration against the new immigration ban issued by President Donald Trump at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City. President Trump signed the controversial executive order that halted refugees and residents from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) Was Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Intentionally Malevolent or Merely Incompetent?
Why process matters when you’re making policy.
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embassytelaviv So You Want to Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem? Here’s How.
A blueprint for fulfilling the Trump administration’s promise without wrecking hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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gettyimages-171545215 If Trump Tries to Make a Deal With Putin, He’s Already Lost
The international order is based on values, institutions, and moral leadership — not transactional politics.
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Beijing, CHINA: Visitors walk past China's second nuclear missile on display as they visit the Military Museum in Beijing, 23 July 2007. The US military 22 July said its troops had found Chinese-made missiles which they believe were smuggled into Iraq by groups in Iran in order to arm groups fighting US-led forces. AFP PHOTO/TEH ENG KOON (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race
While Putin and Trump push for bigger arsenals, Beijing has all the nukes it'll ever need.
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trump1 The Father, the Son, and Donald Trump’s Holy War
How Trump’s “Muslim ban” is creating a minority where there was none before and making all Americans choose where they stand.
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Somali refugees walk at the new Ifo-extension in Dadaab on July 31, 2011. The new site opened to some 5,000 refugees among an ever swelling number of Somalia's people coming into the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya's north-easterly province. The Ifo extension, which will provide tented accommodation to 90,000 refugees by the end of November, had been prepared several weeks ago but its opening was delayed owing to opposition from Kenyan government ranks citing a threat to the nation's security. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images) My Family Waited 13 Years to Resettle in the United States. Then Trump Slammed the Door in Our Faces.
Weeks before they expected their visas, my parents learned they are banned under the president’s executive order. The new law will tear our family apart.
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US presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) delivers a joint press conference with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City on August 31, 2016. Donald Trump was expected in Mexico Wednesday to meet its president, in a move aimed at showing that despite the Republican White House hopeful's hardline opposition to illegal immigration he is no close-minded xenophobe. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic. / AFP / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Ruinous Stance on Mexico Threatens America
If Trump continues to undermine Mexico, he would make the United States less prosperous and less secure.
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apprentice To Understand the Trump-May Relationship, I Binged on Britain’s ‘The Apprentice’
In their first meeting, the reality T.V. star, not the prime minister, will have the upper hand.
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OAKLAND, CA - AUGUST 16: Container ships are positioned under cranes at the Port of Oakland August 16, 2010 in Oakland, California. The International Monetary Fund is predicting that China will surpass Japan as the world's second largest econmy by the end of 2010 with exports to reach $5.4 trillion. Japan's economic growth slowed to 0.4 percent in the second quarter. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It’s Time to Think for Yourself on Free Trade
What economists and populists both get wrong about the international economy.
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karabell Forget Dow 20,000 — the Boom Times Are Over. Is Democracy Next?
Liberal democracy and market capitalism are taken for granted as the best form of government. That bubble may be about to burst.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 17: An Iranian surface to surface Ghasedak missile is driven past portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali khamenei (R), during the annual army day military parade on April 17, 2008 in Tehran, Iran. Ahmadinejad proclaimed today the country's army was a powerful deterrent to all enemies saying "No major power is able to jeopardize the Iranian nation's security and interests due to the Iranian people's power today, Iran's army, the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij would respond strongly to even the minimum aggression," (Photo by Majid/Getty Images) Iranian Hegemony Is a Figment of America’s Imagination
The Islamic Republic isn’t nearly as powerful as Washington and Tehran make it out to be.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: People's Republic of China President Xi Jinping delivers remarks at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on September 28, 2015 in New York City. The ongoing war in Syria and the refugee crisis it has spawned are playing a backdrop to this years 70th annual General Assembly meeting of global leaders. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) China Won’t Run From a Fight With Trump
The new U.S. president says he’s ready to stand up to China in its own backyard — but Beijing won’t take that lying down.
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trumpcapitol Trump Can Have This Iran Deal or No Iran Deal
The new president is an avowed enemy of the agreement with Tehran. But tearing it up is easier said than done.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA - JUNE 29: A man walks along the border fence between the US and Mexico June 29, 2007 in the Anapra area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. This area is a popular crossing spot for immigrants to ilegally cross into the United States because houses are close to the border on the south side and the highway is close to the north side. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan for a Massive Deportation Is Cruel, Unjust, and Economic Suicide
The president has promised to deport more than 1 million children raised in the United States.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Grave Dangers and Deep Sadness of ‘America First’
Donald Trump’s vision for the U.S. role in the world runs counter to the best and brightest ideas of this proud country of immigrants.
