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Reality Bites
Trump's National Security Strategy is being hailed for returning to realism. Except, realism requires reality.
Dec 12
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Elmira Bayrasli
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Get Brooklyn in Brussels
Amid illegal boat strikes, hypocritical pardons, Europe needs to make a decision on how to move forward on Ukraine. It's time the EU get behind a bold…
Dec 5
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Elmira Bayrasli
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November 2025
Book Review: The Spy Who Came in From 1776
Former CIA analyst Gina Bennett has turned to spy fiction.
Nov 26
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Karen J. Greenberg
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Balkan Lessons
As peace plans emerge for Gaza and Ukraine, Bosnia’s experience shows that agreements don’t fail on paper—they fail in the years the world forgets.
Nov 21
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Elmira Bayrasli
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The Prince and the President
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman comes to Washington next week. And Trump is rolling out the red carpet. He loves his autocrats.
Nov 14
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Elmira Bayrasli
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The End of Terror?
Dick Cheney is gone, but the world he built remains. Whether it ends now depends on who defines America’s next chapter.
Nov 7
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Elmira Bayrasli
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Turn Up the Volume
My 2025 election hot takes, mostly on what happened in NYC.. Hey, I'm a Brooklyn girl...
Nov 5
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Elmira Bayrasli
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October 2025
Trump v Reality
From inflation to foreign wars, Trump’s belief that he can dictate reality is colliding with the one thing he can’t control: the truth.
Oct 31
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Kate Brannen
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From Moscow to the Manosphere
A new book on Russian history traces how authoritarianism depends on restoring the patriarchal order. The American right believes American democracy…
Oct 24
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Elmira Bayrasli
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Peace in Ukraine: Pending
Trump’s Gaza “pause” gave him headlines, not peace. Now he’s turning to Ukraine—where the only inbox that matters sits in Beijing.
Oct 17
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Elmira Bayrasli
31
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And the Winner Is... Still Trump? 🤔
María Corina Machado won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Does the move save the Nobel committee from Trump's wrath? Or embolden him to finish the job in…
Oct 10
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Elmira Bayrasli
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Lace-Up
From Trump's peace proposal to Japan's leadership fight: the old guard clings to the status quo, while Gen Z is out on the streets.
Oct 3
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Elmira Bayrasli
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