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The Kremlin Begs To Differ

One doesn’t need to be a Russian domestic radical or a foreign Russophobe to see major flaws in the way Russia is ruled. The population, however, is satisfied with the status quo...for now.

Arrested Development

If developed countries fail to effectively enforce the oecd Anti-Bribery Convention, all anti-corruption efforts in the developing world will suffer.

Lessons from the Bloc

What the collapse of the Soviet Union should have taught us about Iraq.

Brussels Unbound

The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

The Political Roots of Poverty: The Economic Logic of Autocracy

Foreign aid misapplied can lengthen the tenure of bad governments. A guide to understanding and engaging difficult development partners.

Commentary

The Dictator's New Clothes: Rooting Out Corruption in the Mideast

Why—and how—America must help Arab Spring protestors bring down the Middle Eastern autocrats.

A Realistic Anticorruption Strategy for Afghanistan

We can't expect Afghanistan to function like a mature democracy.

Where it's Corruption or the Taliban

Corruption is endemic to Afghanistan. Petraeus's plan to root it out is Washington's only chance of even a modicum of success.

Blogs

Hooray, K Street Is Back!

The media licks its lips at reports that the newest congressmen are already succumbing to those evil lobbyists. Maybe the freshmen are savvier than we thought.

An Election Result That Would Improve Foreign Policy

California's proposition to reduce the nefarious practice of gerrymandering would help fix a partisan Congress incapable of producing sound foreign policy.

Books & Reviews

Strategic Horizons

Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

Revolutionary Nepotism

Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships--and democracies.

European Hamiltonians

François Duchêne, Jean Monnet: The First Statesman of Interdependence (New York: W.

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February 13, 2012