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On November 1, 2025, President Donald Trump threatened to end all U.S. assistance to Nigeria and —...
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I had high hopes for director Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite, a new Netflix movie about U.S....
6+1 Questions About “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy”
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Bullies, Follies, and Decadent Orders: Constructing Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern
On November 1,...
Exploring the Meaning of Responsibility
I’ve been thinking...
Nuclear apocalypse now? Reflections on the movie “A House of Dynamite”
I had high hopes...
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Kenneth Waltz famously claimed that anarchy—i.e., the absence of a global sovereign—is the...
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After years of calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, a ceasefire was recently announced and…those calling...
Antisemitism, Israel and the Problem with no Easy Solution
Debates about Israel and Palestine have, as one scholar remarked to me, become the “third rail” in...
The Mirage of Great-Power Competition
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Why have so many Muslim communities embraced radicalism?
Over two decades have passed since the horrifying 9/11 attacks. Do we have a consensus...
Joseph Nye’s other big idea
Renowned international relations scholar and practitioner Joseph S. Nye passed away last week....
6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy
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6+1 Questions about “The U.S.: A (Mostly) Hands-Off Superpower”
Drew Hogan answers 6+1 questions about how the United States does, and does not, support its overseas citizens.