If Democrats are smart, they’ll explore the vice president’s role during the transition.
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Party Realignment in France
The election of Emmanuel Macron as the next president of France could presage a dramatic party realignment.
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Fifty Years Later: The Six-Day War Teaches Where Brinkmanship Leads
As history shows, an unflinching approach to foreign policy is rarely a good idea.
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A Tale of Two Elections
The center holds—for now. France buys some time, while Britain buys trouble.
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Europe: Don’t Break Out the Champagne Yet
The good news: The far right is defeated in France. The bad news: more austerity policy
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France Avoids the Worst
In the first round of the French presidential election, voters shocked everyone by doing exactly what the polls predicted they would do. Round two will make 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron the youngest French president and the first not to be a member of one of the two major parties.
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Two Cheers for the Deep State
When you actually try to govern, reality has a way of pushing back. Who knew?
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Rumbling on the Left in France
Given up for dead just a few weeks ago, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has come roaring back and threatens to turn the French presidential race upside down.
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Some Versions of Utopia
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow. The art of politics is to illuminate the landscape while casting the smallest possible shadow. The five of 11 French presidential candidates standing highest in the polls will face off tonight in a televised debate.
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The Trump Effect on Israeli Politics
Israel has enacted its very own travel ban, on supporters of boycotts. The timing is no coincidence.
