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The Case for Inclusive Alliances

America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War “It is clear, absolutely clear,” said Joe Biden, speaking about today’s key geopolitical contest at his first press conference as president, “that this is a battle between the utility of democracies in the twenty-first century and autocracies.” …

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The Palestinian Authority Is Collapsing

Helping It Recover Is the Only Way to Save the Two-State Solution Since April, nine countries—Armenia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago—have formally recognized the state of Palestine. Belgium, Luxembourg, and Malta have hinted that they may soon follow suit. So has the United …

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The European Green Deal: Consensus Or Conflict? – OpEd

My previous article was about the potential impacts of the outcomes of the European Parliament elections, held in early June, on energy and climate policies on this continent. The results were seen as a new victory for the far-right, which has long been on the rise in Europe. Although centre-right …

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Germany’s Closest Partner Slips Further Away – Analysis

About a year ago, Germany’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) was published after 18 months in the making. The lengthy paper is not really a strategy. Rather, it is a collection of all the things Berlin would like to do in an ideal world, describing Germany’s self-image as well as …

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