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(USA/Defense Budget) The right way to streamline the US defense budget (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon In her confirmation hearings to become Deputy Secretary of Defense—and thus now the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. military—Dr....

(USA/Black Americans) Around the halls: What should the Biden administration prioritize in a policy agenda that promotes equity for Black Americans? (Brookings)

When President Biden took office, he made it clear that advancing racial equity would be a top priority for his administration. From housing to...

(USA/Trumpism) Trumpism After Trump: The Wrong Person at the Right Time? (Fair Observer)

Hans-Georg Betz Donald Trump was not simply a fleeting moment in contemporary American politics — quite the opposite. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/hans-georg-betz-trumpism-after-trump-capitol-hill-insurrection-fascism-american-democracy-news-10191/

(USA/Iran) The Iran Deal vs. the Logic of History (Fair Observer)

Peter Isackson Trump turned the JCPOA into a shabby melodrama that the Biden administration will have trouble preventing from turning to tragedy. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/peter-isackson-jcpoa-iran-nuclear-deal-biden-administration-nuclear-weapons-world-news-79101/

(China/Globalization) Is China the New Champion of Globalization? (Fair Observer)

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi & Valerio Alfonso Bruno Can China credibly profess the virtues of globalization to achieve harmony and balance in an international system if it doesn’t...

(USA/Democracy) American Democracy: We Have Misread the Signs of the Coming Storm (Fair Observer)

James Bohland Maintaining a vibrant democracy in the United States requires recognition that exceptionalism does not make us invulnerable to autocratic impulses of our past. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/james-bohland-donald-trump-second-impeachment-trial-capitol-hill-insurrection-american-democracy-authoritarianism-news-11811/

(USA/Foreign Policy) How Tough Is Biden Prepared to Look? (Fair Observer)

Peter Isackson Can Joe Biden change a US policy that has always been more about appearance than facts? https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/peter-isackson-joe-biden-us-foreign-policy-china-wuhan-covid-19-origin-who-investigation-79699/

(Bulgaria) The end of tit-for-tat politics in Bulgaria (ECFR)

Vessela Tcherneva In an environment in which European and American interests are not always the same, it is short-sighted and dangerous for Bulgarian leaders to...

(Europe/Iran) The narrow path to agreement: How Europe should support the Iran nuclear deal (ECFR)

Julien Barnes-Dacey, Ellie Geranmayeh If European governments want to salvage the deal before it is too late, while also opening up the prospect of negotiations...

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