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The Many Faces of Neo-Marxism

Walter Laqueur | May 01, 2013
The German thinker's name has been attached to a wide range of modern ideas—poststructuralism, postmodernism, gender studies, etc.—yet he was more a man of his day than of ours.

Finding Forster

Ian Buruma | Oct 20, 2010
The antiliberal defenders of civilization—resisting the Ground Zero mosque—are wrong. Liberalism still offers the best hope for combating extremism.

Teuton the Introvert

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 23, 2010
Germany was once the most powerful nation on the Continent. Now it is spiraling toward mediocrity.

The Fair Play Debate: Fair Trade

Joseph E. Stiglitz | Apr 25, 2008
The odds are against developing countries when it comes to trade. Social safeguards level the playing field.

Perestroika Cubana

Raj M. Desai
Itzhak Goldberg
| Aug 29, 2007
Rather than using the Chinese model of gradualism, the Castro brothers should look to Eastern Europe for cues.

Trading Up

Shanker A. Singham | Jul 01, 2007
Policymakers can break down regulatory barriers to trade by concerning themselves with consumer, not producer, welfare.
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Commentary

Friedman's Civil-Society Panacea

Lewis McCrary | Feb 08, 2013
The New York Times columnist oversimplifies the world once again.

An Anatomy of Apathy

Thomas de Waal | Apr 29, 2011
Why Western-style democracy can't take root in bleak, fatalistic former-Soviet countries.

David Cameron: Centrist

Geoffrey Wheatcroft | May 20, 2010
He and Clegg are posing as soul brothers. The Lib Dems and Tories look the same. What’s the point of British politics?
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Blogs

The Soft Power of Equal Opportunity

Paul R. Pillar | May 22, 2012
America, like China, will suffer from the inequality fostered by nepotism and cronyism. 

Books & Reviews

Europe's New Narrative

Martin Walker | Dec 01, 2005
Why the Cold War was so instrumental in Europe's success.

The Origin of Modernity

S. T. Karnick | Jun 01, 2005
Modern Western discord stems from differing Enlightenment experiences.

French Without Tears

Martin Walker | Mar 01, 2005
Cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend. Quelquefois.
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