Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The West Should Hope That Merkel Loses
The only way to defend the liberal democratic order is to say goodbye to the German chancellor.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Undiplomatic Style of American Diplomacy
The gulf between America's politicians and diplomats has been widening for years.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mike Flynn’s Pakistan Problem
The incoming national security advisor allegedly shared classified intel with Pakistan’s notoriously compromised security services. What does that mean for Trump's "AfPak" policy?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Korean Reporters Got Fired, Got Active, and Got The President
The raucous independent investigations that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment taught Koreans to trust the news again.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kiev Versus Kiev
President Poroshenko promised to tackle corruption. Halfway through his term, Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are fighting each other.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Berlin’s Zero Hour Is Also Angela Merkel’s
After an attack on the German capital, the chancellor’s moment of reckoning is upon her.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Should Read India’s Playbook for Taunting China
New Delhi has been poking at Beijing's One-China Policy for years without wrecking the relationship
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Beijing Is Ready To Go Eyeball to Eyeball With Trump
The U.S. president-elect took the first steps up the ladder of escalation, but China’s seizure of a naval drone shows it’s glad to follow.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Korean Democracy, the People Are a Wrathful God
Koreans demanded, and received, the impeachment of their president. But there's a thin line between the collective will and mob rule.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump’s New Ambassador to Israel Heralds a Radical Change in Policy
The appointment of David Friedman might be seen as a honeymoon in Jerusalem, but it’s a bold divorce from decades of U.S.-Israel policy.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Cynical Horror of Assad and Aleppo
This is not civil war; this is war on civilians.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the Trump Economic Boom Will Never Come
Yes, the markets are looking good (for now). But subsidized deal-making and tax cuts for the rich are the surest sign of a bubble.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Richard Nixon Hated the Presidential Daily Intel Brief, Too
But if Donald Trump is really, “like, a smart person” he’ll realize the CIA isn’t out to get him.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Gut America’s Voice and Turn It into Propaganda
The United States’ international broadcasters work because they produce real journalism, not government spin. That could change — just in time for Trump.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Rebuild Eastern Ukraine
Kiev is too corrupt to do the job itself. The reconstruction of the Donbass must be overseen by an independent body.
