Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sorry Bibi, the Palestinians Are Not ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Jewish Settlers
Using words that hint of genocide for crass political ends is beneath the standards of Israel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Yes, the U.S. Can Fight Corruption Overseas
But a U.S. senator’s novel proposal for doing it still needs some tweaks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Anyone Stop the Syrian War?
A new cease-fire brokered by Washington and Moscow just went into effect. But there’s a long list of ways the deal could fall apart.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tin-Foil Hats Are Out in Turkey
From Zionist plots to CIA conspiracies, Turkey’s favorite pastime is believing that the world is out to get it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How French Socialism Built — and Destroyed — the European Union
The road to hell was paved with the good intentions of François Mitterrand.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the United States Giving Up on Supporting Democracy Abroad?
The skeptics of democracy promotion are having a field day. But under the radar, much of the important work continues.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France’s Bongo-Bongo Party
As Gabon erupts in violence, the dark, twisted legacy tying this former colony to Paris is bubbling up to the surface.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Assad’s Texas-Sized Victory
How the Lone Star State explains Assad’s war strategy — and why it's going to be so hard to defeat the regime in San Antonio. Er, Damascus.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Kremlin Really Believes That Hillary Wants to Start a War With Russia
An American embedded within Moscow’s top foreign-policy brain trust explains why Putin and his cadres are backing Trump.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unfinished Legacy of Obama’s Pivot to Asia
The gridlocked TPP trade deal. Reclaimed islands in the South China Sea. North Korean nukes. How will history judge President Obama’s rebalance to Asia?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Live by the Pen, Die by the Sword
The war against journalists in Ukraine is getting bloody.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nicaragua Is Turning Into a Real-Life ‘House of Cards’
Strongman Daniel Ortega is running for a third term (with his wife as VP) and cravenly removing all checks on his power. Sound familiar?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Life in Apple’s Ireland
The strange nature of living in a tax haven, where 26 percent GDP growth is accompanied by austerity and a homelessness crisis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Where the War on Terror Lives Forever
Uzbekistan’s dictator is dead, but his brutal efforts to crush Islamist extremism leave a long and ugly legacy. And Washington will be left cleaning up the mess.
