Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Resignation of Renzi, the Fall of Rome
Italians have voted down the grand changes Matteo Renzi envisioned, but can they live with no jobs, no growth, and no reforms?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Really Isn’t Joking About Taiwan
Beneath Beijing’s seemingly mild criticism of Trump’s phone call are currents of raw, public nationalism the government can’t control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine Peace Deal
The two-state solution is not lost for the incoming administration. But Trump will have to pick his battles on settlements wisely.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Are All Accomplices to the Slaughter of Aleppo
Russia and Syria are guilty of bombing thousands of civilians. The rest of the world is guilty of doing nothing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Koreans Have Mastered the Art of the Protest
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is on the brink of resignation — but her quitting won’t stop the waves of anger on the streets.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If All You Have Is a Mattis, Everything Looks Like a Nail
Why Trump’s generals-heavy national security team is a danger to national security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Germany + Nazi Denial = Austria
Europe’s German-speaking countries have everything in common — except honesty about the Third Reich.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Myth of Chaebol Exceptionalism
Everyone wants to blame South Korea’s incestuous business culture for the recent failures of its massive conglomerates. But that’s not the reason they’re in a funk.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Inshallah’ in the Age of Trump
Can the hipster invocation of God’s will survive the coming wave of American Islamophobia?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France’s Zombie Catholics Have Risen — and They’re Voting
Francois Fillon has energized the country's many lapsed Christians. Will they stick by his side in the spring?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Italy’s Populist Revolt That Isn’t
Groups from across the political spectrum are urging voters to reject Matteo Renzi’s constitutional referendum. But a no vote could still spark disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Genocide in the Making
The world can no longer look away from the intensifying assault on Burma’s Rohingya minority.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Long View on Burma
Forget short-term solutions to Burma’s interethnic violence. It will take generations to set things right.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Too Little, Too Late
International donors spent $70 million to shore up democracy in the DRC. Here’s why it made little difference.
