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Recalibrating and Relieving Pressure: Israel and Hamas Need Violent Episodes
The clashes between Israel and Hamas provide an opportunity to recalibrate the relationship and act as pressure relief valves for...
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New Efforts to Reform World Trade Organization are Critical
The WTO has its flaws and needs improvement, but the system has served its members pretty well for over 20...
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Conflagrating California: Evolution of Wildfires and How to Stop Them
California is built to burn and wildfires will continue until the fundamentals change. We either live with fire or die...
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Tamil Political Activism: Sri Lanka’s Way Out of the Crisis?
Sri Lanka's political crisis gives the country's largest Tamil political party the opportunity to offer the most inclusive, reconciliatory, and...
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Clinton, Refugees and Neo-Nazis
Clinton argued that Europe could stop the rise of far-right groups if it curbed migration. She is wrong. Immigration is...
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Trump’s Khashoggi Statement: the Bad, the Worse, and the Unanticipated
Trump's weak reaction to Khashoggi's horrific murder not only harms the US image worldwide, it also gives a pass to...
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Presidential Elections in Georgia: Fresh Candidates, Same Old Politics
Georgia is left with two options for the presidential run-offs this Wednesday, but since both candidates are backed by longtime...
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Japan’s Intake of Foreign Workers is Bandage to Chronically ill Society
Japan's new policy to increase the intake of foreign workers may help some industries, but it won't solve the underlying...
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Zalmay Khalilzad: Kingmaker Returns to Make ‘Peace’ with the Taliban
Despite Zalmay Khalilzad's dark and pro-Taliban track record, the US peace envoy is back to lead secret talks with the...
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Iran, Foiled Attacks in Europe, and Consequences for Nuclear Deal
Iran’s alleged involvement in assassination plots in Denmark and France is undermining Europe’s already fraught efforts to save the nuclear...
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Beijing May Rein in Hong Kong, but Cannot Impose ‘Umbrella Amnesia’
Beijing hopes to finally stifle Hong Kong’s democracy movement by jailing pro-democracy leaders, but Beijing’s heavy hands can only have...
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Are Wildfires and Climate Change Related?
Wildfires are in many cases caused by human carelessness or even arson, but the role of climate is also vital...
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US Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, but to What Effect?
Sanctions against Iran have been, and continue to be, counterproductive.
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Hong Kong’s Legal System may be Only Hope for Democracy Movement
While proposing national security legislation for Hong Kong under the current political climate could potentially backfire, it may be one...
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Ghani’s Misinformed and Autocratic Policies Deny Afghans Their Rights
President Ghani has had no hand in creating the existing conditions in Afghanistan, but if the country continues to go...
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Jeff Sessions’ Firing Reveals How Far Trump Goes to Subvert Democracy
The firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions represents how far Donald Trump is willing to go to subvert democracy and...
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Another Strategic Mistake in Afghanistan Peace Process: Omitting Local Actors
For the Afghan war to have any hope of being resolved, it is crucial that the US and Afghan government...
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The Attorney General is not the Problem, the System is
The United States might soon want to consider radically changing the structure of the Attorney General’s office and follow the...
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Is Judge’s Ruling in CNN Case a Victory for Free Speech?
CNN's White House reporter Jim Acosta got his press credentials back, but if a reporter’s aggressive questioning could get him...
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‘Great Deceptions’ and Midterms: Status of North Korean Denuclearization
The rapport built between the US and North Korea following the June summit in Singapore seems to be breaking down....
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