Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Developing World Thinks Hitler Is Underrated
In the West, the Nazi Führer is thought of as a genocidal maniac — everywhere else, he’s considered a political inspiration.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unthinkable Olive Branch
Sometimes the only way to end a conflict is to forgive those who were behind it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Summer of Women
Three women have recently risen to high political positions in Japan’s famously closed society, but is the country really ready to embrace openness and inclusion?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dangers of Giving the Common Man a Say
When politics stop making sense, political elites have to turn to the public — even when it’s a bad idea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will FARC and Colombia Return to the Battlefield?
After a failed referendum, what comes next will determine whether war or peace breaks out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Jihadi Too Violent for ISIS
Abubakar Shekau’s bloodthirst helped make him the leader of Boko Haram — until the Islamic State decided to drop him for a friendlier face.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Ukraine Can Learn From Germany’s Cold War Divisions
Post-war Germany once faced the same challenges Ukraine does today. Here's how it beat them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 First They Came for the Holocaust Deniers, and I Did Not Speak Out
Europe’s well-intentioned bans on Holocaust denial have spawned a flurry of imitations — many with sinister consequences.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Another Country Gets Tired of Hope and Change
Voters in Georgia have had enough of turbulent politics. Their upcoming election is marked by apathy — and maybe that’s OK?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the India-Pakistan War Over Water Is So Dangerous
As New Delhi and Islamabad trade nuclear threats and deadly attacks, a brewing war over shared water resources threatens to turn up the violence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Colombia’s Government Compromised for Peace
The government in Bogotá was winning the war. So why did it decide to give concessions to the rebels anyway?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gary Johnson’s ‘Aleppo Moments’ Don’t Undo a Smart, Libertarian Foreign-Policy Platform
But good God, man. Get your act together.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Spark That Lit the War on Terror
The ill-fated U.S. intervention in Lebanon’s civil war fueled the rise of Islamist terrorism. And 34 years on, it still provides lessons about America’s failed Middle East policies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Talking Presidents, Politics, and Peace With Shimon Peres
In conversations, the former prime minister of Israel revealed why he never lied to David Ben-Gurion, what he considered his first political achievement, and how Ronald Reagan "conquered" his heart.
