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The War of Ideas: Does It Exist? Can It Be Won?

What is the big idea (or set of ideas) the West is battling about?

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David Cameron and Europe: On the Road to Damascus

Cameron’s problem is not about the EU, but about Britain and the future path of his own party.

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Tsipras: Pandering to the Radicals?

The more time passes, the deeper Greece is descending into a costly renewed recession.

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Western Balkans: Stalled on Europe’s Edge

Poverty is the main security threat in the Western Balkans.

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Battling ISIS and the Six Lessons of Vietnam

Eerie similarities between the United States’ defeat in Vietnam and early stages of conflict in Iraq and Syria.

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Anti-Militarism: A Source of Modern German Confidence

With nothing left to prove on battlefields, Germany can pursue other tasks and strategies.

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United States: The Hypocritical Hegemon

Why the United States has lost the mantle of moral and geopolitical arbiter.

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Cameron, the Realist: A Message to America

Why the British Prime Minister’s more modest foreign policy goals for the UK should inspire the U.S.

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Merkel’s Decision to Back Cameron is Rooted in History

Germany needs the UK as part of the EU’s dynamic core.

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Can Nigeria Finally Turn the Corner?

Africa’s largest economy ranks among the hardest places to do business.

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