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The Geopolitics of a Ukrainian Border Town

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

In Defense of Party Bosses

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

Ballistic Missile Defense and Reality

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

Productivity in the US Continues to Decline

May 5, 2016 Communication may be supplanting actual work.

The Heirs of Osama bin Laden

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

Protests Spread Across Kazakhstan

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

China Admits Its Statistics Are Wrong

April 29, 2016 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, 2016 The candidate’s recent remarks opposed not just a specific doctrine, but the idea of doctrines altogether.

Obama and the European Union

April 27, 2016 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, 2016 Daimler’s first-quarter report might be a harbinger of bad news for the EU.

North Korea, Nukes and Sanity

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

Journey’s End: Summarizing Central Europe

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

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