
Author: Dan Nexon

At least, that’s the conclusion of an interesting piece in Bloomberg News. The deficit did fall year-on-year in 2019, as U.S. companies switched to imports from countries like Vietnam, but
Paul Musgrave argues that the effort to prevent Congress from declaring Biden the next president was, in fact, a coup. As I write this a few hours later, rioters incited by President Donald Trump have

Is there a German word for accusing your perceived enemies of plotting to do exactly what you intend to do? For Trumpian commentators, Democrats and the president’s other critics are only raising th
The Senate overrode Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act earlier today, by an 81-13 vote. Most of the chatter about the bill has focused on its provision to strike the names of

When I write a long post, there are inevitably things that get left on the table. Sometimes the omissions are deliberate. Sometimes they’re inadvertent. My discussion of right-wing attacks on Dr
Jill Biden does not have a PhD. She has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. It’s an applied doctorate, designed to certify rising administrators in the field of education. Just keep that in mind

Yes, I’m still alive. Alex and I are speaking at noon (ET) today, “at” the Hertie School “in” Berlin. It’s open to the public. It’s an iteration of the book t
Hello from the other side. After eight years of talks, China and 14 other nations from Japan to New Zealand to Myanmar on Sunday formally signed one of the world’s largest regional free trade agreem
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