Latest articles by James Poulos
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Why John Kasich was the most important person at last night's Republican debate
opinion The Ohio governor has become a total wild card
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Why America's military-industrial complex thinks Obama failed
opinion It's not enough just to avoid a catastrophic war. A stellar commander-in-chief has to deal with 21st-century threats, too.
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How to save Syria
opinion Ousting Assad — but not the regime — might be the solution the world's been waiting for
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CNBC is the perfect scapegoat for the GOP's 2016 problems
opinion CNBC didn't exactly cover itself in glory on Wednesday night. But Republicans can't blame the debate's moderators and format for everything.
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Iraq is still an absolute disaster. And the Obama administration can't fix it.
opinion President Obama will leave Iraq as he found it — an inherited war passed on to the next administration
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The surprising conservatism of the first Democratic debate
opinion From Bernie's defense of gun rights to O'Malley's embrace of tough policing, the stage became an unlikely forum for some right-wing policies
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How TPP cements Obama's corporatist legacy
opinion And why liberals are flummoxed over what to do about it
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Stop your embarrassing fawning over Edward Snowden's Twitter feed
opinion Why on Earth is this a thing?
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Russia's Syria gambit is yet another sign of American weakness
opinion Without American leadership, our friends and foes will get creative — creating a world that's harder for us to understand, to predict, and to thrive in
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Ben Carson is a total snooze. That's a good thing.
opinion Being soft spoken is a feature, not a bug, of Carson's candidacy
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What Bernie Sanders can teach secular liberals about the value of faith
opinion The religious are not simply fools whose influence on politics must be stamped out
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Donald Trump, China, and America's economic nationalism problem
opinion Tough talk is meaningless if you don't have a plan to realistically deal with our ever-connected global economy
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The Donald rises: Why Republicans want an anti-hero in 2016
opinion Because America needs a gritty reboot
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The case for Joe Biden
opinion Democrats need something real. Something reliable. Something… Biden.
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Let Amazon be Amazon
opinion There are plenty of furiously hard-working strivers who need a hard-driving employer like Amazon
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Why Ted Cruz has the best chance of becoming the GOP nominee
opinion There's only one man who can straddle the Republican Party's populist and elitist factions
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Hillary Clinton and America's higher education racket
opinion Pouring more money into a horribly broken system will not fix the system
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Is the Iran nuclear deal really about the U.S.-China rivalry?
opinion The agreement is as much about averting economic catastrophe as it is about curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions
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Why it's too late to prevent the robot apocalypse
opinion We sealed our fate with robotics a long time ago
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The West has a big Turkey problem
opinion Blame the Mideast's tangled and contingent alliances
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For the GOP, Donald Trump may be evil incarnate — literally
opinion Christian conservatives in the Republican base may want to keep clear of The Donald
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Greece's populist powder keg
opinion The message from the elites to the Greek people is clear: "We will overrule you"
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What happens if China's economy is weak and its military is strong?
opinion It's frightening to consider...
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Want to keep Greece in the EU? Conquer it.
opinion That will never happen. But it's the only way to make Athens bow to Brussels.
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