Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is J Street Winning?
This election showed that the Democratic Party's views toward Israel are changing in some disturbing ways.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fix Bayonets!
If the Pentagon cuts R&D, the U.S. military will take a huge step backward.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the World Can’t Have a Nate Silver
The quants are riding high after Team Data crushed Team Gut in the U.S. election forecasts. But predicting the Electoral College vote is child's play next to some of these hard targets.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Relationship Advice
Don't believe the loose talk of Barack Obama exacting vengeance on Benjamin Netanyahu -- the two leaders need each other too much to let old grudges get in the way.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Xi Jinping’s Challenge
Why China's new president has a much tougher job than Barack Obama.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hu Jintao’s Legacy
Will China's outgoing leader be the man who introduced the world to a new superpower, or the man who destroyed it? It's too early to tell.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Inside China’s Smoke-Filled Room
Sorry, folks: The votes are in, and the ballots have already been counted.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Network News
Sandy turned off the lights, the phones, and the heat. A cyber attack could make it all happen again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s the Stimulus, Stupid
Why Obama won reelection when virtually every other incumbent in the West has been bounced from office.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Time for a Reset on Human Rights
Obama’s record has been a disappointment. Now he has a second chance to get it right.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bahrain Burning
The island kingdom is descending into violence, and nobody has a plan to restore order.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Five Voting Systems Even Worse than the Electoral College
Think the United States has a crazy way to pick a president? You should see how Lebanon does it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Peace Talks
How war disappeared from American campaign rhetoric.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nightmare Squared
Longing for the days of Kim Jong Il? Maybe it's time to transfer your affections to the delusional dictator of Equatorial Guinea.
