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Who's Next After Venezuela?
Iran and Cuba are on the Trump administration's hit list. Greenland and Colombia are on its wish list.
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The US Intervention in Venezuela
What is happening in the country, how the US could "run" it, and what may happen next
Jan 8
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A Brief Year in Review
Top posts and major issues in a year 'The Good Society' got its start
Dec 22, 2025
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Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic
An interview with RAND Europe geopolitical analyst Klaus Dodds on his new book on the thawing Arctic and what that means for global politics
Dec 18, 2025
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The FTC Case Is an Executive Power Grab
A likely Trump administration win in the case will steal power from Congress and have big implications for civil servants throughout government
Dec 11, 2025
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Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy
My interview with Cornell Professor Suzanne Mettler and Johns Hopkins Fellow Trevor Brown on their new book on America's growing rural-urban split
Dec 4, 2025
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Plotting out the Endgame in Venezuela
Gauging likely scenarios amid the building American threats to Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
Nov 25, 2025
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Wealthy Democracies With a History of Fair Elections Never Fail – Or Do They?
My interview with NYU Politics Professor and leading scholar Adam Przeworski on a career's worth of insight on what makes democracy thrive or fail
Nov 20, 2025
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The Government Shutdown Ends With a Whimper
Little came of it, except to embolden Republicans in playing hardball with Democrats
Nov 13, 2025
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Immigration, Crime, and the Lurch Right
A dispatch from Chile prior to elections, with eerie parallels to the US
Nov 6, 2025
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