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Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory at King's College London and Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Daniel P. Tompkins is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Greek and Roman Classics at Temple University.
Prevailing theory argues that U.S. conflicts with rising powers are inevitable. It’s also flat-out wrong.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling eviscerating Section 2 of the landmark law is only part of its project.
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The Founders designed our democracy with a failsafe against would-be despots: impeachment.
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