Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Germany Is Rekindling Its Bromance With Russia
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder cultivated a very special relationship with Vladimir Putin — and his protégés are picking up where he left off.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Europe’s Freedom of Speech Fail
Even historic defenders of speech like Denmark and the United Kingdom are starting to choose "social harmony" over free expression.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Cheer for Obama’s Executive Order on Drone Strikes
Yes, the White House lowballed its drone casualty numbers. But don’t let that obscure the value of its important policy changes, which will save civilian lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Boarding Schools Are a National Security Threat
Britain and the United States rely on elite, private academies to mold their future leaders. Instead of cultivating statesmen, they’re producing brutish, entitled, insecure bullies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sheikh Hasina Must Call Islamist Terrorism What It Is
In the wake of the Dhaka attack, Bangladesh’s refusal to call out and confront its problem with Islamist radicals will only make the problem worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The IMF Confronts Its N-Word
The International Monetary Fund admits that it’s time to discard some of the old neoliberal dogmas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Not All Doom And Gloom in Southeast Asia
The U.S. pivot to Asia has led to a lot of hand-wringing about the region’s democratic shortcomings. In reality, it’s looking pretty good.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Thatcher-Reagan, Blair-Clinton, Brexit-Trump
The Republican presidential candidate can take encouragement from a long history of British and U.S. politics moving in tandem.
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 23: ( AFP OUT) Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winning auther Elie Wiesel speaks during the Holocaust Days Of Remembrance ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol April 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Estabilished in 1993, the Days of Remembrance are commemorated in April so that they coincide with the observance in Israel. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Elie Wiesel’s Moral Imagination Never Reached Palestine
The great writer’s humanitarianism knew no bounds — except where it met his nationalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Decapitation Will Not Be Televised
The Islamic State has taken its propaganda cues from modern dystopian fiction. It should have paid closer attention.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stronger In! (The British Empire)
A colonial Remainer on why the Declaration of Independence was a huge mistake.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey Did Nothing About the Jihadists in Its Midst — Until It Was Too Late
For years, Ankara was focused on Assad instead of the jihadist networks operating on its soil. Now those cells are focused on destroying Turkey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 As Elections Loom, There’s a Crisis at South Africa’s Public Broadcaster
Critics warn that the state broadcasting company is currying favor with the ruling party — at the cost of journalistic objectivity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Boris Johnson Reached for the Throne but Got Stabbed in the Back Instead
He thought he could use Brexit to achieve his ambitions. It turns out the Euroskeptics were just using him.