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Next Steps for Europe

Is the European Union in danger of ending up like the Soviet Union, shedding its parts and losing its people? Asking ourselves whether the E

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Africa and the Middle East

Why Don't Americans Care About Refugees?

Does the US have a moral responsibility to help refugees from conflicts in the Middle East?

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Journal of Ideas

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Family Finances

How to boost both savings and income

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Journal of Ideas

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Africa and the Middle East

The Future of Turkish Diplomacy

It started out as an ordinary Friday evening but abruptly turned into a night of confusion and dread.

BY Doruk Ergun

Journal of Ideas

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World Affairs

How Is Islam Different in Indonesia?

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at The Brookings Institution and the author of the ne

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Free Speech Misconceptions on Campus

Greg Lukianoff is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He’s the author of ‘Unlearning

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