Jobs, pandemics, peace: Foreign policy is increasingly important to everyday life in the United States. The candidates should understand that.
Markos Kounalakis
Kounalakis, the Monthly's publisher and president emeritus, is California’s Second Gentleman and a Hoover Institution visiting fellow researching democracy and geopolitics. Follow him on Instagram, @markoskounalakis.
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Trump Gets China Wrong—Again
The president’s clumsy tariffs won’t rein in Beijing. He needs to put pressure on international companies profiting in China.
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And yet, the AG has revived capital punishment for U.S. convicts. It’s time to end the hypocrisy and stop all executions.
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America Needs International Observers to Monitor the 2020 Elections
The global democratic community should treat Trump no differently than other autocrats.
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Why your vote will count in the United States and in Russia.
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The Sham of Belarus’s Coming Election
Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for 26 years. That’s not changing any time soon.
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How New Zealand Is Beating the Coronavirus Pandemic
The countries doing the best against the virus have one thing in common: They are all led by women.
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The Only Place In the World Not Yet Rocked By the Virus
Antarctica may look barren, but it is free of the disease—for now.
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COVID-19 Has Created a New Kind of International Gamesmanship
The sane approach to fighting a pandemic is for nations to collaborate, not compete against each other.
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A Lesson From Eastern Europe on How to Deal with Problematic Statues
The idea is not to erase history, but to contextualize it.
