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Looking for an alternative to dysfunction in Washington? Maybe it's time to turn to Berlin.
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Illegal Alien: A Short History
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How the slave trade patterns of centuries ago are still shaping African marriages today.
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Those Tricky Germans
A few too many years under the Deutsche Demokratische Republik can wreak havoc on a moral compass.
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Epiphanies From Christine Lagarde
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund on her frustrations with Congress, how the IMF saved Ukraine, and why her institution is poised to be more relevant than ever.
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Why imitating nature's greatest tricks is the future of engineering.
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How the franchise operations of the world's most infamous terrorist organization became more potent than the mothership.
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How Russia's president morphed from realist to ideologue -- and what he'll do next.
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The former U.S. Treasury secretary on China's economy, bitcoin, and the problem with new ideas.
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What a peek inside America's prisons can tell us about U.S.-Iran relations.
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How to shake off those regrets -- no Lady Macbeth routine required.
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How hardship makes children grow up faster -- literally.
View ArticleArctic Sovereignty: A Short History
How a frigid no man's land became one of the most hotly contested territories on Earth.
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From ancient Greece to modern Pakistan, the political and cultural emergence of a complex, controversial term.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Matlock on the flawed “reset” with Russia, Washington’s cliques, and how the Ukraine crisis is a product of NATO expansion.
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