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The Geopolitics of a Ukrainian Border Town

May 10, 2016Ā Berehove exemplifies the mingling of people, languages and cultures typical in borderlands.

In Defense of Party Bosses

May 9, 2016Ā The primary system has produced two extremely disliked presidential candidates.

Ballistic Missile Defense and Reality

May 6, 2016Ā The system protects Eastern Europe from a very improbable threat.

Productivity in the US Continues to Decline

May 5, 2016Ā Communication may be supplanting actual work.

The Heirs of Osama bin Laden

May 3, 2016Ā Bin Laden was killed five years ago, but transnational jihadism lives on.

Protests Spread Across Kazakhstan

May 2, 2016Ā Unrest in Central Asia could signal regional destabilization.

China Admits Its Statistics Are Wrong

April 29, 2016Ā The national anti-corruption agency has reported that hundreds of statistics bureau employees provided preferential data for a fee.

Trump on Foreign Policy

April 28, 2016Ā The candidate’s recent remarks opposed not just a specific doctrine, but the idea of doctrines altogether.

Obama and the European Union

April 27, 2016Ā Keeping the EU together is in the United States’ interest, but it doesn’t have the means or ability to do so.

A Major German Exporter Struggles

April 26, 2016Ā Daimler’s first-quarter report might be a harbinger of bad news for the EU.

North Korea, Nukes and Sanity

April 25, 2016Ā There is rationality behind the North Koreans’ nuclear program.

Journey’s End: Summarizing Central Europe

April 22, 2016Ā The EU doesn’t understand, Russia looms large, and the U.S. presidential race spells the beginning of the end.

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