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Beyond the midterms, the question of indictment
With only two days to go, the midterms are currently the center of the American political universe. To many, these elections are the...
Laurence Claussen
Nov 6, 20228 min read
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The past is never dead. It's not even past. Russian Nationalism and Ukraine.
In 2018, Serhii Plokhy, Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard, published Lost Kingdom, an intellectual and cultural history of...
Laurence Claussen
Sep 4, 202211 min read
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Indifference and Ignorance: The West's Latin America Policy
EARLIER THIS MONTH, the Summit of the Americas took place, hosted by President Biden in Los Angeles. I heard about it through a headline...
Laurence Claussen
Jun 25, 20226 min read
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Why should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade? To protect abortion rights.
At the outset, I think it’s critical to stress that I am strongly pro-choice. I am in favor of the status quo preserved by Roe v. Wade –...
Laurence Claussen
Jun 10, 20226 min read
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Rewatching The West Wing in 2022
About a month ago I started rewatching The West Wing with my girlfriend, right from the beginning. We have since finished all seven...
Laurence Claussen
Apr 1, 20224 min read
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Geopolitical empathy: Ukraine's final lesson?
About a month and a half ago, I wrote an article on the crisis in Ukraine. The point of that piece was to sum-up the main lessons of the...
Laurence Claussen
Jan 29, 20224 min read
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Perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame: Looking back at American politics
The rarest commodity in American politics is satisfaction. Peaceful contentment is nowhere to be found, not on the right, the left, or...
Laurence Claussen
Nov 28, 20216 min read
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Is there such a thing as too much New York Times?
The other day I was listening to my usual U.S politics podcast. Specifically, I was listening to an interesting episode about the decline...
Laurence Claussen
Oct 25, 20214 min read
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Nuclear Submarines and Other Stuff
On September 15th, a new strategic and technological pact was agreed between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The...
Laurence Claussen
Sep 24, 20214 min read
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Come Back, Shane? A Return to Afghanistan
This week, it seems inappropriate to write about anything other than Afghanistan. The events surrounding the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul...
Laurence Claussen
Aug 20, 20215 min read
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China, America, and the Dangerous Path to Autarky
International high tech innovation was once a project characterized by optimism and a belief in the possibility of mutual gain. This was...
Laurence Claussen
Jun 25, 20214 min read
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Biden and 21st Century Democracy
In February, at the online Munich Security Conference, President Biden insisted that democracy is at a historic inflection point. In...
Laurence Claussen
Jun 18, 20214 min read
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Political Narrative and Personal Decency: How to Confront our Confederate Past
Adapted from a paper I wrote during Grad School. In May 2017, the then mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, gave a speech that made him...
Laurence Claussen
Jun 12, 20214 min read
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The GOP Civil War and American Democracy
In grad school I took a course on public opinion. Through this course I came to appreciate the impossible complexity of explaining...
Laurence Claussen
May 15, 20215 min read
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Kamala Harris and the Future of the Democratic Party
Months ago, when Candidate Biden picked Kamala Harris as his VP, I felt that it was a mistake. Mind you, I did not think she would hurt...
Laurence Claussen
Apr 25, 20214 min read
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