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Does the Bukele Model Have a Future?

El Salvador’s Police State Will Soon Face a Reckoning

By Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros

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Why America Should Bet on Pakistan

A Better South Asia Policy Runs Through Islamabad

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The World That Tariffs Will Make

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Our Own Worst Enemies

The Violent Style in American Politics

By Robert A. Pape

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