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America Should Be More Like Saudi Arabia (In Its Foreign Policy)
Washington ought to emulate Saudi Arabia’s pragmatism and diplomatic flexibility, including reconsidering existing relationships and alliances.
Ivan Eland | Commentary | June 21, 2023
The Irony of Lebanon’s Survival: Success Could Be Holding It Back
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | June 5, 2023
Hanke’s 2022 Misery Index—Who’s Miserable and Who’s Happy?
Steve H. Hanke | Commentary | May 22, 2023
Israel’s Turmoil Over Its Judiciary Should Be a Warning to the U.S
Ivan Eland | Commentary | Apr. 19, 2023
Does the U.S. Need to Contain China in Africa?
Ivan Eland | Commentary | Jan. 12, 2023
When Putin Turned His Back on Reaganomics
For a fleeting period he implemented serious tax reform before he did an about-face.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Jan. 5, 2023
A Guide to Avoiding the IMF–China Debt Trap
Lower-income countries can choose monetary reform, or they can continue being treated as leverage in a messy game of international politics.
Steve H. Hanke, Matt Sekerke | Commentary | Oct. 19, 2022
The Verdict Is in for El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment: It Failed
Steve H. Hanke, Caleb Hofmann | Commentary | Sep. 13, 2022
How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful
We in America are regressing—now returning to the distant neanderthal past, now embracing the worst of what the 19th and 20th century had to offer.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Sep. 9, 2022
Sanctions Are Hurting the West More Than Russia
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | July 25, 2022






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