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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani European Millennials Are Not Like Their American Counterparts
Under-30s in Europe are more disposed than their parents are to view poverty as a result of an individual’s choice.
Jorge / Guerrerro / AFP / Getty The Coming Generation War
The Democrats are rapidly becoming the party of the young—and the consequences could be profound.
Associated Press Mueller and a Blue House Could Bring Down Trump
But the president’s supporters won’t make it easy.
Larry Downing / Reuters The Precedent for Trump's Administration Isn't Nixon—It's Clinton
A network analysis of the structure of the president's inner circle suggests some surprising parallels.
Reuters / Handout Why Trump Should Worry More About Congress Than About Mueller
It’s public hearings that tend to galvanize opposition and jeopardize presidents.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Why the U.S. President Needs a Council of Historians
It isn’t enough for a commander in chief to invite friendly academics to dinner. The U.S. could avoid future disaster if policy makers started looking more to the past.
Max-o-matic Barack Obama’s Revolution in Foreign Policy
When you think you’re the smartest person in the room, it’s tempting to make up your own grand strategy.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP A War to Start All Wars
The Middle East looks like Europe circa World War I.
The Widening Atlantic
Our growing transatlantic estrangement has less to do with George W. Bush's foreign policy than with deep social changes in Europe
