Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Terrorism’s Deadly New Breed
How can counterterrorism officials prepare for and prevent the wave of Islamic State-inspired carnage?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Did the FBI Miss Omar Mateen?
Law enforcement did all it could, but post-9/11 restrictions on “probable cause” limit the FBI’s ability to investigate would-be terrorists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dethroning Ukraine’s Oligarchs: A How-To Guide
None of the country’s reforms can succeed while the oligarchs still rule. Here’s how to take them out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Poland’s Government Is Coming After the Internet
Warsaw is tightening control over the Web in the name of national security — and setting an ominous precedent for other democracies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Champ Was More Than Just a Boxer
After Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing for standing up for his Muslim beliefs, my father helped put together the 1970 Atlanta fight that put him back in the ring.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Playing Tic-Tac-Toe with Putin
Why the United States has no hope of stopping the war in Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does French Soccer Have an Arab Problem?
As Euro 2016 kicks off, the French national team is once again facing questions over just which France it represents.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain’s Truthiness Moment
When did the land of Eton, Oxford, and classics-quoting politicians start hating expertise so much?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Aung San Suu Kyi Is in Power. So Why Is She Ignoring Her Country’s Most Vulnerable People?
For the Rohingya, Burma’s new democratic government is little better than the old dictatorship.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to End the Massacre in the Med
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk this summer, attempting a dangerous crossing from Libya to Italy. Here's how they can be saved.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia’s First Step Is Admitting It Has an Oil Problem
The heir to the Saudi throne just pushed through a bold package of reforms designed to free the kingdom from oil addiction by 2030. Here’s why it could backfire, badly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Soon Your City Will Know Everything About You
The world’s cities are collecting ever-increasing amounts of data. It’s time for mechanisms to prevent abuse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Contain Libya’s New Warlord
Libya’s new unity government can survive only by finding a way to stand up to General Khalifa Haftar and his army.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Modi Is Married to the Mob
India’s prime minister cuts a dashing figure in America, but back home, his two years in power have led to a dangerous — and unnecessary — coarsening of Indian democracy.