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Obama’s Democracy Forum Was Better Than Biden’s
If democratic survival is the great issue of our time, Biden’s team has to be more demanding and more ambitious. If you agree with U.S. President…
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Will 2022 Bring More War and Chaos?
Also, I think we can write whatever we want this week; I heard our editor is sick with COVID-19 like everyone in London. [Ahem. Still here.…
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Biden Is Back, But America Isn’t
China's leaders clearly understand the critical importance of trade linkages to their country's global clout. Unfortunately, US President Joe Biden's administration needs to relearn that lesson.…
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Can Biden Make America Lead the Free World Again?
Joe Biden wrapped up the first leg of his first international excursion as president with the closing of the G7 summit in Cornwall on Sunday, and…
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America’s Immigration Calculus
For both historic and economic reasons, the United States should continue to rely on immigration. But there is always political pressure to restrict it in order…
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Biden’s First Hundred Days
Former President Donald Trump's attacks on free trade and immigration, narrow “America First” view of the world, and bias toward retrenchment have become part of the…
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The Republicans’ Deep Dive Into Nativism
In an op-ed timed to coincide with the publication of “Out of Many, One,” a collection of paintings and stories about 43 people who enriched their…
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Defining US Success After 20 Years in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the US would begin the final withdrawal of all its forces from Afghanistan on May 1. This will bring…
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Why America Can’t End Its ‘Forever Wars’
Apeace agreement with the Taliban and a May 1 deadline for American withdrawal of troops. A new pledge by President Biden to end the war. A…
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What America’s Vaccination Campaign Proves to the World
The U.S. stumbled early in the pandemic, but the vaccine rollout could reboot the country’s image. Every so often, an emerging technology changes the global balance…
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Biden and Human Rights
The goals that US presidents have sought over the years do not reflect a pursuit of justice at the international level similar to what they aspired…
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Does Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Stop Climate Change Go Far Enough?
If implemented, President Joe Biden's New American Jobs Plan would rank not only as one of the biggest engines for creating good jobs (many of them…