Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Erdogan Has Nobody to Blame for the Coup but Himself
After years of broken promises and deepening paranoia, the Turkish president earned his comeuppance.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why a Hashtag Isn’t Enough for a Revolution in Zimbabwe
Some hope to use social media to usher in the end of Robert Mugabe’s regime. This ignores the realities of power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tories Are Dead, Long Live the Tories!
Theresa May has thoroughly cleaned house — and given Britain's Conservative Party a firmer grip on power than ever.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Battle for the Soul of Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraq’s Kurds may be moving closer to statehood. But their progress towards democracy leaves much to be desired.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Drawing Back the Curtain on Brazil’s Rotten Political System
Brasília’s corrupt power brokers have finally been exposed. Will that be enough to set the government straight?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is South Korea Regressing Into a Dictatorship?
President Park Geun-hye is squelching protests, suing journalists, and jailing opposition politicians.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Madame Prime Minister (By Default)
How Theresa May came to be the last woman standing in Britain.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America Is Acting Locally, the Islamic State Is Thinking Globally
The Islamic State might be losing the battles in Syria and Iraq, but it’s winning the war everywhere else.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s Closest Ally on the Horn of Africa Has a Terrible Human Rights Record
Tiny Djibouti is a key U.S. ally in the “war on terror.” But that doesn’t mean Washington should stay silent on its abuses.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Disband the African Union
African leaders should admit that a caricature of the European Union can’t possibly work for Africa.
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SANSHA, CHINA - JULY 24: (CHINA OUT) Soldiers raise the national flag during the Sansha city establishment ceremony in front of the city government's main building on July 24, 2012 in Sansha, China. The Sansha city on Yongxing island, a part of the Xisha Islands, will administer the Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands and the surrounding waters in the South China Sea. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) Why China Says No to the Arbitration on the South China Sea
Beijing will ignore the upcoming ruling — and with good reason.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Kenya Cleaned Up Its Courts
A new constitution gave judicial reformers an opportunity to earn back the people’s trust. Here’s what they did with it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tragic Downfall of British Media
How did the country that produced the BBC and the Economist fail so spectacularly at journalism in the lead up to Brexit?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 First, They Came for the Experts
Anti-intellectualism is clearing a path for the spread of populist demagogues across Western democracies.
