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Absolute Power: Erdogan’s Self-Made Trap

With next to no obstacles in his way any longer, Turkey’s President will soon run out of people to blame for Turkey’s mounting woes. The country will suffer.

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Trump: Turn All of America Into Another Atlantic City

Donald Trump made many false promises to the people of Atlantic City. Americans can’t say they weren’t properly forewarned.

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Trump’s Mega-Fear: Beaten By a Woman

What could possibly explain the increasing bizarreness of the Trump campaign? It must have to do with the other candidate in the race

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The Republican Party Richly Deserves Donald Trump

Rather than an outlier, Trump is the perfect front man for the “values” Republicans have been pursuing for well over a decade.

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The Jingoism of British Conservatives

Leading UK conservatives act as if they know everything. But they know little about the world outside

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The UK Opts Out: Four Major Effects

Britain and the EU

High time for a reality check on what the British vote really means – for the UK, Europe and the world.

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Cameron’s Major Brexit Folly: Britain Needed “Fixing” More Than Europe

When it comes to urgently needed reforms, the British Prime Minister should have focused on Britain first.

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McKinsey and the Saudi Mirage

Why the Saudi attempt to modernize their society is bound to fail.

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Vietnam: Recycling An Uneasy History

Discovering world history via a creatively re-bent American icon – a Coca Cola can.

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Does Saudi Arabia Want to Break Up Yemen?

What could possibly explain the current strategy?

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