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by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Lee Ohanianvia Wall Street Journal
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Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
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War: In History’s Shadow
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by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
A Century On, the First World War is Still Being Played Out
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Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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From Russia With No Love Lost

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 11, 2018

Anti-Putin crusader Bill Browder on his disillusionment with Moscow’s leader and his tangles with the man behind the Trump dossier.

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Area 45: Iran Nuclear Deal – The Aftermath Of Withdrawing

interview with Abbas Milanivia Matters of Policy & Politics
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Abbas Milani explains how the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal affects both the politics of Iran and the Middle East region.

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Portrait of Karl Marx
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Marx’s Kapital Crimes

by Russell A. Bermanvia Politico
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Two hundred years after he was born, Karl Marx is still causing controversy. The donation of a statue by the People’s Republic of China to commemorate the anniversary of his birth Saturday in the small German city of Trier has rightly provoked strong opposition from those who recall the suffering that communist regimes inflicted on their populations.

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New Talks by Hoover Fellows Recorded at the 2018 Spring Retreat

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

New Talks by Hoover Fellows Recorded at the 2018 Spring Retreat.

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Michael McFaul: US And Russia: 'A Very Confrontational Moment'

interview with Michael McFaulvia CNN
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses the US relationship with Russia as well as his new book, From Cold War to Hot Peace.

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Michael McFaul: U.S. And Russia: How It Came To This

interview with Michael McFaulvia WNYC
Monday, May 7, 2018

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul examines how the US/Russia relationship went from the thaw at the end of the Cold War to the current tensions over Syria, Ukraine, and interference in the 2016 elections.

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An Ancient Trap Awaits China And US

by Niall Fergusonvia The Boston Globe
Monday, May 7, 2018

A hundred years ago, World War I was entering its final phase. No one in either Berlin or London had set out to expend so vast a quantity of blood and treasure on four years of industrialized slaughter. As I argued 20 years ago in “The Pity of War,” World War I was perhaps the greatest error of modern history.

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Trump And The ‘Chimerica’ Crisis

by Niall Ferguson, Xiang Xuvia Wall Street Journal
Sunday, May 6, 2018

The countries’ divergence began in 2015, as Beijing took defensive steps against financial risk.

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The Libertarian: North Korea, Iran, And American Foreign Policy

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Has President Trump brought the world nearer to chaos or safety?

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Now Available! Europe And The World: World War I As Crisis Of Universalism

quoting Niall Ferguson, Russell A. Bermanvia Telos
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

With contributions by Étienne Balibar, Annette Becker, Russell Berman, Jörn Leonhard, among many others, Europe and the World: World War I as Crisis of Universalism focuses within Europe on the conflicts between nationalism and cosmopolitanism as a universalist political project and globally on the conflicts between European imperial politics and universal ideals.

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