Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Be a Loyal State Department Bureaucrat in the Trump Administration and Keep a Clear Conscience
Twelve tips for surviving life in the new Foggy Bottom.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Is Losing in Africa
And al Qaeda is winning.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Merkel and Whose Army?
A German military that practices with broomsticks isn't in a position to become the new “leader of the free world.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Egypt’s Copts Fell Out of Love with President Sisi
Once seen by the country's Christians as a savior, Egypt's new strongman has proven little better than his predecessors.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Idiot’s Guide to Islam in America
A memo to the president-elect about the people he fears.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Mexico Cope With Trump?
To weather the storms ahead, the Mexican government needs to get better at governing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Is Outsourcing Its Pollution
Beijing's diplomacy is increasingly green, but its international trade is getting ever more coal-black.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s the Globalization, Stupid
Don’t blame low working-class wages or the financial crisis for the populist wave that produced Trump and Brexit. The data show the tide started decades ago.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It Was a Corruption Election. It’s Time We Realized It.
American politics is profoundly corrupt. Until we come to grips with that fact, the populists will keep winning.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Theresa May Is a Religious Nationalist
You can't understand the British prime minister’s politics, or her Brexit strategy, without understanding her Anglicanism.
