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Cover Story
Finns Remain Low-Key About World,
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Libya’s Proxy War
Internal Grievances, Outside Interests
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USMCA Countdown
Amid Tariffs, Elections, Ratification
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CEE Kinship
Some European Nations Find Kindred
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Pipeline Showdown
U.S. Aims to Derail Nord Stream 2
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Money for Everyone?
Op-Ed: Why Universal Basic Income
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Taking on Tehran
Op-Ed: Between War or Regime
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With fighting continuing to rage in the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya’s current civil war shows no signs of abating, as a lethal combination of outside interests and internal grievances fuels further destruction. 
Dogged by concerns about democratic backsliding, Central and Eastern Europe has found an ideological cheerleader in President Trump, who was undertaken a vigorous re-engagement with allies such as Hungary and Poland. 
The United States and Russia are locked in an economic and geopolitical power struggle over which of them will be Western Europe’s principal supplier of natural gas. Russia is winning. 
One should always be wary of simple solutions to complex problems, and universal basic income (UBI) is no exception. The fact that it has not been met with enthusiasm indicates a breakdown in democratic politics and civic life. 
Since President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal in 2015, options for dealing with Iran include a costly war or an unlikely regime change. But there is a third possibility, one that would require Trump to explore diplomacy. 