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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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August 14, 2018
United States
The Unconstrained Presidency: Checks and Balances Eroded Long Before Trump
This article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. In the age of Donald Trump, it often feels as though one individual has the power to chart the United States’ course in the world all by …
November 15, 2018
United States
Presidents and War Powers
PDF Version. A review of Michael Beschloss, “Presidents of War” (Crown Books, 2018). *** The U.S. Constitution vests the president with “executive power” and provides that “The President sh…
September 14, 2018
Financial Markets
The Dangerous Myth We Still Believe About the Lehman Brothers Bust
The new consensus about the cause of the 2008 financial crisis is seductive — and misleading. Sebastian Mallaby presents an alternative opinion.
July 19, 2018
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Trump’s Biggest Gift to Putin
The totality of President Donald Trump’s statements and actions against NATO makes clear that the United States cannot be relied on to come to the defense of its European allies.
June 16, 2022
United States
Fake News, Then and Now
The problem of fake news has been with us from the beginning of the Republic, and American democracy was even worse at dealing with it then than it is now.
