Alternate History: Had King Lived

Imagining the America and the World that Martin Luther King could have built.

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Terabyte Leaks and Political Legitimacy in the U.S. and China

What the brave new world of global information warfare means for political and business elites everywhere.

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As Goes Best Buy, So Goes U.S.?

What does the shaky fate of the U.S. consumer electronics chain portend for the economic future of the United States?

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The Limits of China’s Globalization Strategy

Why factoring human rights and the environment into investment will help China in the long run.

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The Republican War on the Poor, Continued

Why are U.S. conservatives determined to downplay the successes of government anti-poverty programs?

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Repeating Collective Failure, Long After the Great War

Unrestrained climate change: 2014’s tragic answer to the epic, collective failure of 1914?

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U.S.-Iran: Two Countries in the Iron Grip of Conservatives

Counting the ways in which Iran and the United States are alike.

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Ukraine: Why Europe Has the Most Leverage

As Brussels remains reticent, Russia continues bluffing that it can shape the post-Soviet space.

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Ukraine: Key to Restoring a Greater Russia

Ukraine is caught between European integration and Russian re-unification aims.

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China-Japan Relations: Haunted by History, Loss of Face

Japan should apologize, but then China must move on.

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