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Still Standing
THE SOURCE: “Not Fade Away” by Robert Kagan, in The New Republic, Feb. 2, 2012.
A glance at the current affairs titles at any bookstore would suggest that the United States is on the verge of an irreversible decline. Not only are commentators exaggerating our current struggles, but they’re also romanticizing our recent past, argues Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and the author of the new book The World America Made.
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Blowin' in the Wind
THE SOURCE: “The Future of History” by Francis Fukuyama, in Foreign Affairs, Jan.–Feb. 2012.Packing Prisoners
THE SOURCE: “The Strategic Use of Prisons in Partisan Gerrymandering” by Jason P. Kelly, in Legislative Studies Quarterly, Feb. 2012.From Think Tank to Do Tank
THE SOURCE: "Devaluing the Think Tank” by Tevi Troy, in National Affairs, Winter 2012.