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Commentary

China's Unhealthy Elites

Food, cigarettes, booze, women—China's traditional power culture takes a toll on the body.

Foreign Money and Revolving Doors

Susan Rice's controversial lobbying for Rwanda highlights a problem with high-level appointees.

Israeli Politics and the Highest Bidder

Wealthy Americans should stop meddling. Israel's national interests should not be up for auction.

Essays

The U.S. Democracy Project

American NGOs that push for democratic change abroad are facing growing resistance.

Israel's Fraying Image

There are growing signs of a divergence in American-Israeli relations and interests. 

The Long Spoons of Ulster

Disturbing indications that the habits of veteran terrorists die hard in Northern Ireland.

Books & Reviews

Stifling the Debate?

Perhaps the most important argument made by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt in their new book concerns the impact of the lobby on the political discourse in the United States.

Hyphenating Foreign Policy

The new game of ethnic politics in foreign polics is a curious development--no less than American leaders' support of it.

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May 19, 2013