Tag Archives: Washington

Washington Is As Dysfunctional As U.S. Relations With Pakistan

How is the U.S.-Pakistan relationship reminiscent of that between Democrats and Republicans?

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The End of American Centrality

Why are world-shaping events increasingly passing the United States by?

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Why Washington Has Given Up on the Unemployed

Why have Congress and President Obama done nothing to spur job creation in recent months?

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Obama and the Surprising Return of the Moderate Republican

Contrary to conventional wisdom, how has moderate Republicanism made a comeback in Washington?

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Divided Government Revisited

Did the era of divided U.S. government really only begin when the Republicans took over the House?

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Europe as a Figment of the Republicans’ Imagination

Is the Republican Party’s castigation of Europe nothing more than a political diversion tactic?

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Obama: Not Shellacked, But “Lasched”

Is two years enough time for politicians to stay in office and get concrete results?

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The Tea Party's Victories Are No Surprise

Why did the Tea Party win big in the recent U.S. congressional primaries?

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Elikeh: Music From Togo to D.C.

Adje! Adje! explores the personal odysseys of Africans abroad.

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From Churchill to Deep Water: The U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship

Beneath the surface, how is the tried-and-tested U.S.-U.K. alliance a contentious affair?

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