Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump and Clinton Have No Idea How to Deal With Putin
Murky links to Moscow and speculation of Kremlin interference have dominated the U.S. election. So how come neither candidate has a coherent Russia policy?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Erdogan and Khomeini Have in Common
The Turkish president’s post-coup crackdowns are following in the footsteps of Iran’s Islamic revolution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If This Is Obama’s Middle East ‘Balancing Act,’ God Help Us
Robert Malley isn’t wrong in recounting how Obama conducted foreign policy in the Middle East. It’s why they chose that policy that’s screwy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Brigitte Bardot vs. the Burkini
Why are the French so worked up about a bathing suit? Because for France, the beach is more than just a coastline – it’s a symbol of national identity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here’s How to Stop Turkey’s Anti-American Turn
Turks are wondering if the United States was behind the coup to overthrow Erdogan. And Washington should realize they have good reasons to worry.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Invaluable U.S.-Israeli Alliance
Both Washington and Jerusalem have reaped huge dividends from their longstanding partnership — and those ties are about to grow even stronger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Party Is Over in Rio
And now there’s no more avoiding the grim reality of Brazil’s economic and political crises.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anjem Choudary and the Criminalization of Dissent
The most disturbing thing about a notorious British hate preacher is that his terrorism conviction is for something he said, not something he did.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Even Vladimir Putin Cannot Kill the Russian Revolution
Twenty-five years after the great revolution that toppled the Soviet regime, the spirit of dignity and freedom still burns.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Henry Kissinger Will Eat Sh*t and Endorse Hillary Clinton
The ghost of Richard Nixon is back. And he’s mad as hell about the former secretaries of state and the Washington establishment.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stopping the World’s Most Rapacious Invasive Species, One Fillet at a Time
The Pacific lionfish has taken over the Caribbean, killing reefs and decimating local species. Could Whole Foods be the answer?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here’s How Venezuela Can Move Forward
It’s time for the leaders of the Caracas government and its opponents to begin negotiating a way back from the abyss.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump’s ‘Ideological Test’ for Immigrants Will Tear America Apart
A federal program to screen foreigners traveling to the United States wouldn’t just fail to stop terrorism – it would pour gasoline on America’s culture war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Empire of the Setting Sun
Shinzo Abe is trying to roll back nearly 70 years of Japanese pacifism, but is the country ready to be "normal" again?