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The Soft Power of Equal Opportunity

America, like China, will suffer from the inequality fostered by nepotism and cronyism. 

Japan Still Sleeps

Ambitious projections that Tokyo will provide for more of its own security are overly hasty—and perhaps wishful thinking.

Good Policy and Bad Politics

European voters moved the economic debate in the right direction, even if they did so for the wrong reasons.

Buying Our Way Out of Conscription

How mandatory national service could have important economic and societal benefits—and lead to fewer wars.

Pluralism in Egypt

The field of diverse presidential candidates with cross-cutting interests is good for Egypt and for the United States.

The Increasingly Transparent U.S.-Israeli Conflict of Interest

It is not in a superpower's interest to get sucked into projects of someone with a King David complex.

Flawed Accountability in American Democracy

How flaws in the U.S. system lead to deep deficiencies in Washington.

The Consequences of Communal Preferences

What America can learn from the Indian and Malaysian versions of affirmative action. 

Romney’s 4 Percent Military Spending Still a Fantasy

Holes keep popping up in the GOP hopeful's murky, unrealistic defense-spending proposal.

Recalculating Romney’s 4 Percent Gimmick

Romney should be compelled to answer the question on everyone’s mind: Where is he going to get the money to fund his Pentagon spending binge?

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May 26, 2012