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No Winners in Trump’s Anti-China Posture

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump’s anti-China policies seemed as aggressive and assertive as they are now. Paradoxically, though those centered around a totally different issue, they certainly had a negative impact on US, Trump himself and of course greater part of the world. Yes, this was …

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Is Trump a Neanderthal?

It may be a politically incorrect to say it, but desperate times require words commensurate with the existential threat of Donald Trump in his 80th day in office. English is the only language that turned Neanderthals, the long extinct Paleolithic hominin, into an insult and epithet. Since the naming of …

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Why Europe’s Far Right Can’t Be Tamed

Italy’s Meloni and the False Promise of Moderation As a far-right tide sweeps across the Atlantic, European liberal democrats are searching for a strategy. Some believe that they should erect stronger firewalls by refusing to join coalitions that include the far right to prevent its leaders from gaining political power. …

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A Deep Look at Iraqi Kurdistan’s ‘Republic of Dreams’

To really know a place is to see it through the experiences of those who live there. This is all too often lost in writing about global affairs that revolves around the high politics of security, trade, and great power competition. It is especially true for communities that are marginalized. …

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