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MAR 22, 2019 • Article
America in Decline?
A Pew Research report says that many Americans view the country as being in long-term decline. What implications does this have for U.S. foreign ...
MAR 21, 2019 • Article
On World Water Day: Think Globally, Act Ethically
"On this World Water Day (March 22) we urgently need a campaign to disrupt global complacency about protecting the planet's water. We adults, who are in ...
MAR 14, 2019 • Article
The Sicilian Expedition and the Dilemma of Interventionism
The Peloponnesian War has lessons for U.S. foreign policy beyond the Thucydides Trap. Johanna Hanink reminds us that the debate over moral exceptionalism and ...
MAR 14, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
The Sicilian Expedition and the Dilemma of Interventionism
The Peloponnesian War has lessons for U.S. foreign policy beyond the Thucydides Trap.
MAR 12, 2019 • Article
Democracy: The Keystone of our Society
South Korea has flourished as a democracy, while the North is suffering under authoritarianism. "By offering uncensored education, freedom of speech, and the unbridled agency ...
MAR 12, 2019 • Article
Living in an "Illiberal Democracy"
"Today, virtually all countries make claim to democracy, even conspicuous dictatorships such as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," writes Gergely Bérces from Hungary. "...
MAR 12, 2019 • Article
Democracy: Freedom with a Caveat
"As a kid living in Silicon Valley whose whole life has been in the shadow of historic advancement, I hope these will not be the ...
MAR 12, 2019 • Article
Why Democracy is the Best We've Got
"In the face of the global decline of rule of law, freedom of the press, equal representation, separation of powers and freedom of speech, democracy ...
MAR 12, 2019 • Article
Vote Democracy!
"Democracy's true importance lies in cost calculations of comparative worst-case scenarios," writes Claudia Meng, who grew up in Shanghai. "Populism's draw on Messianism in sole ...