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What I Learned Retracing the Footsteps of the Capitol Rioters

What I Learned Retracing the Footsteps of the Capitol Rioters

The Atlantic — How should we memorialize January 6? Consider the walking tour.
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Why the U.S. Should Close Its Overseas Military Bases

Why the U.S. Should Close Its Overseas Military Bases

Foreign Policy Magazine — Liseby Elysé was born in 1953 on Peros Banhos, an island in the Chagos Archipelago. As she tells it, life was good on her Indian Ocean "paradise island": Everyone had a job, his family, and his culture. But all that we ate was fresh food. Ships which came from Mauritius brought all our goods.
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What the Media Has Learned Since 2016-And What it Hasn't

What the Media Has Learned Since 2016-And What it Hasn't

Lawfare — Leslie Moonves, then the CEO of CBS News, that Donald Trump's presidential campaign "may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS." It was hard not to think of Moonves's comment during CNN's disastrous live town hall with the former president.
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Why the Military (Still) Can't Quit PowerPoint

Why the Military (Still) Can't Quit PowerPoint

Slate — This past Sunday marked 20 years since then-Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered his remarks to the U.N. Security Council laying out the evidence for the existence of Saddam Hussein's "weapons of mass destruction." The episode is now infamous, but probably few remember the PowerPoint slides Powell used to add gravitas to his presentation, which was titled "Iraq: Failing to Disarm."
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Review | Once a Marine, always a civilian

Review | Once a Marine, always a civilian

The Washington Post — A review of the book, "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body" by Lyle Jeremy Rubin.
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The View From Riotsville, U.S.A.

The View From Riotsville, U.S.A.

Lawfare — A review of Sierra Pettengill’s documentary film, “Riotsville, U.S.A.” (2022).
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Little Wars, Big Dreams: H.G. Wells' Failed Pacifist Project

Little Wars, Big Dreams: H.G. Wells' Failed Pacifist Project

Yale Journal of International Affairs —
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The Think Tank's Founding Myth

The Think Tank's Founding Myth

InkStick Media — This year, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), one of the oldest and most established foreign policy think tanks in United States history, turned 100. To commemorate the occasion, the institution published " The Council on Foreign Relations: A Short History."
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Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

History Today — Writing treaties in two languages can lead to unexpected problems.
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As Elections Loom, There's a Crisis at South Africa's Public Broadcaster

As Elections Loom, There's a Crisis at South Africa's Public Broadcaster

Foreign Policy Magazine — On Monday morning, Jimi Matthews, acting Chief Executive Officer of South Africa's public broadcaster, SABC, tweeted a photo of his resignation letter. In the text, he described a "corrosive atmosphere" that has weighed on his "moral judgment." The final line read simply, "What is happening at the SABC is wrong and I can no longer be a part of it."
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The Struggle Continues: On Vincent Bevins's "If We Burn"

The Struggle Continues: On Vincent Bevins's "If We Burn"

Los Angeles Review of Books —
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