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Germany and UK: Standing Up to the US?

When Germans and Britons finally find a common cause.

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Vietnam: On the Futility of US Invasions

Why on earth did the US invade Vietnam half a century ago? Have the lessons finally been learned?

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GE and Siemens: What Goes Around Comes Around

A curious role reversal between the U.S.’s and Germany’s largest industrial titans.

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Obama: No More Special Treatment for Mr. Modi and India

The U.S. finally announces the installation of an Air Quality Monitor in Delhi – as it did in Beijing in 2008.

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America’s Mezzogiorno: A Thanksgiving Reflection

Why are U.S. southern states so determined not to serve the very real needs of their poor populations?

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Willful Ignorance on Foreign Policy

Stability through strength was and is a phantom concept

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The Five Deadly Sins of U.S. Foreign Policy

Is the United States starting to resemble the Middle East?

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The Dumbest U.S. Foreign Policy Question Asked This Century

What do U.S. politicians mean when they say they want to save Syria?

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An End to Presidential Term Limits?

How modern U.S. politics incapacitates itself.

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A Black President?

In too many ways, African Americans aren’t much better off today than 50 years ago.

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