Sometimes political ideology is in the eye of the beholder. That’s one of the secrets of the prime minister’s striking success.
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From Purity to Politics
Under repressive totalitarian regimes, the absolute moral rectitude of Eastern European intellectuals like Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik was heroic. Ten years after the fall of the Wall, what happens when the reality of democratic politics calls for quotidian pragmatism and petty compromise?
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Apologists Without Remorse
Most leftists have accepted that the Soviet Union was an evil empire after all. Such contrition is conspicuously absent, however, from conservatives who defended apartheid.
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Global Villagers: The Rise of Transnational Communities
A new breed of immigrant community is breaking down national borders and confounding traditional notions of citizenship.
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Slouching toward Seattle
The World Trade Organization so far is a business-oriented club that has undermined the mixed economy everywhere. But it might be the framework for a global New Deal. The Seattle trade meetings could set the tone.
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Taking Liberties: The New Assault on Freedom
Freedom is falling out of fashion all across the political spectrum, and new moves by Congress and the courts threaten basic liberties.
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Below the Beltway: The China Hawks
S ince the end of the Cold War, the main challenge to those who favor a “constructive engagement” with China has come from human rights advocates and labor leaders. But in the last year, a new opposition voice has been heard, arguing for a return to the containment strategy used against the Soviet Union. This […]
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The Choice in Kosovo
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans have been uncertain about the purposes that ought to guide our foreign policy, particularly our use of military power. Now that anticommunism no longer serves as an overarching cause, should we follow the dictates of national interest narrowly understood, or do democratic values and commitments to human […]
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The Next Big Test in Kosovo
The big idea of the post-WWII era was collective security by the great powers. Now, in the post-Cold War era, can the international community make it a reality?
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After Genocide
The fate of one town, Brcko, almost derailed the Dayton Accords. Now Brcko’s reconstruction has become one of the most daunting ventures in peacekeeping ever attempted by the United States.