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The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict - By Robert D. Kaplan

Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial difference between the 20th and 21st centuries. The most contested areas of the globe in the last century lay on dry land in…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 15, 2011
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4078 words)

American Mozart

So here is the president of the United States, enjoying canapés and small talk at Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud’s gourmet restaurant just off Park Avenue, with the right touch of…
LENGTH: 31 minutes (7791 words)

The Brain on Trial

On the steamy first day of August 1966, Charles Whitman took an elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower in Austin. The 25-year-old climbed the stairs to the observation…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1152 words)
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