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After The Wall
Three Reichs and You’re Out
Josef Joffe

German overreach, which once brought untold misery to Europe, has turned into underreach, which does not nourish stability in troubling times.

 Published: 2019-11-12 13:28:22
 
30 Years After Communism
Look Forward, Not Back
Dalibor Rohac

Liberal self-flagellation over the supposed failure of post-communist transitions is pointless—and even worse, counterproductive and dangerous.

 Published: 2019-11-11 15:44:19
 
No Defense At All
Impeachable Offenses Are Not Necessarily Crimes
Adam Garfinkle

Two things are true: Trump’s defenders are disingenuous when they talk about criminality when arguing against impeachment. And our society’s sense of what is properly criminal has been severely degraded in recent times.

 Published: 2019-11-08 16:24:59
 
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Impeachment Conundrum
Larry Diamond

The Democrats are facing a dilemma: If they defend democratic norms by acting to remove President Trump from office, they risk getting dragged into a polarizing style of politics that works to his political advantage.

 Published: 2019-11-05 13:59:13
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Laughter As Medicine
Thirty Years Later
To fight populism, we need to adopt a response not just for coping, but for overcoming and ultimately restoring decency and civilized discourse: Laughter.
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Populism in Spain
The Paradox of the Shrinking Center
Benjamin Cunningham
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Reagan's Westminster Address
Who Do We Think We Are?
Richard Fontaine
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State Failure and Political Decay
The Silent War in Mexico
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
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The Fight for Latin America
The Narcoregimes Strike Back
Roger F. Noriega
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Oral History
Voices from the Berlin Wall
Malcolm Forbes
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Reagan's Westminster Address
America’s Security Is Still Tied to the Fate of Freedom
Daniel Twining
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