American Security Policy After Obama

The final year will cap Obama’s global legacy, but also set the pace for his successor.

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Fear, American-Style

What lies beneath the fear-mongering in the U.S. Presidential elections?

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Corn Provides Life in Nicaragua

Farmers in Nicaragua still subsist off corn, the crop that made civilization possible in Mesoamerica.

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The Fried Eggs of Jorge Luis Borges

Stories of personal encounters with great Argentinean writer.

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Why Good U.S. Jobs Are Too Few and Wages So Poor

The lack of workers trained for a more technologically demanding workplace is slowing growth.

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Vietnam Dangles at the Tip of the Chinese Spear

South China Sea islands are arguably ground zero in any potential war between China and Vietnam.

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Cameron’s Annus Horribilis

The choices of Britain’s Prime Minister will weigh heavily on the future of Europe.

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The End of the Age of Reason?

The United States, Russia, the Islamic State and the new irrational world.

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2016 US Presidential Election: Year One in Review

The second biggest democracy’s election season lasts forever, but we cut through the sound and fury.

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The Globalist’s Top 10 Essays : Rethinking America in 2015

What we reconsidered about the United States over a tumultuous year.

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