Inside the minds of Trump’s 'true believers'
What sort of beliefs made a mass movement succeed?
July 11, 2017
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Politics
Would impeaching Trump restore the rule of law? Lessons from Latin America
Ousting an executive leader from office doesn't always have the intended effect, as these examples from Central and…
July 11, 2017
658
Is the world ready for a strong German leader?
Merkel’s popularity at home and on the global stage continues to grow as she runs for a fourth term as chancellor.
July 10, 2017
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Is it ever a good idea to arm violent nonstate actors?
The US is doing so with increasing frequency around the world – most recently with Kurdish fighters in Syria. A scholar…
July 10, 2017
633
Why did sanctions against North Korea's missile program fail?
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So how…
July 7, 2017
613
Trump's friendly meeting with Putin further blurs US-Russia relations
A foreign policy expert takes a look at how the exchange went down.
July 7, 2017
620
Can Congress pressure the White House on human rights?
Congress is trying to curb the president's ties to human rights abusers, harkening back to landmark legislation of the…
July 6, 2017
689
Is Trump actually popular in Poland?
A historian who studies Poland witnesses the president’s visit to Warsaw, and casts a skeptical eye at the crowd that…
July 6, 2017
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4 things to know about North and South Korea
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
July 5, 2017
673
Is Indonesia’s 'pious democracy' safe from Islamic extremism?
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world's largest Muslim majority country.
July 4, 2017
637
How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement
The 1920s and early ‘30's looked like the beginning of the end for centuries of gay intolerance. Then came fascism…
July 4, 2017
602
Why Abraham Lincoln is an icon for Republicans and Democrats alike
Even Trump has paid his respects to Lincoln as an emblem of unity.
July 3, 2017
652
Will women vote for women in 2018? It depends on if they're married
Research shows that married women tend not to relate as much to other women. This makes a big difference when a woman is…
June 29, 2017
630
The Venezuelan government's newest opponent is a state-funded orchestra
Musicians who learned how to play through a state-funded program called El Sistema are taking their instruments to the streets…
June 28, 2017
628
Macron and Trudeau shouldn't be so proud of appointing women to their Cabinets
Having the same number of Cabinet positions doesn't mean women have the same amount of power.
June 28, 2017
726
Behind Modi: The growing influence of the India lobby
A small, but wealthy, population of Indian-Americans is playing a role in transforming US foreign policy toward India.
June 27, 2017
649
4 ways the Supreme Court could rule on Trump's travel ban
A professor of constitutional law gives a preview of what to expect when the travel ban cases reach the highest court this…
June 27, 2017
667
Is Nancy Pelosi worth the trouble?
It's hard to call yourself the party of change when your leadership has been in place for 16 years, and Republicans…
June 26, 2017
740
Is Putin's Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
A historian takes us beyond the noise in Washington and examines how US and Russian power and interests compare.
June 26, 2017
715
People keep voting in support of the death penalty. So how can we end it?
Of the 34 state ballot initiatives seeking to limit or abolish the death penalty, 31 have failed. Is this democracy at its…
June 23, 2017
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