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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

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Alan Greenspan at 100: The 'quiet God in the machine?'

Alan Greenspan served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve for 18 and a half years, during which time the US experienced the Great Moderation of...

06.03.2026 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The 22nd Amendment at age 75: is it seriously under challenge?

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified 75 years ago, limits presidents to two terms in office, but its limitations have been questioned by...

27.02.2026 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Somaliland is a functioning state. Treat it that way.

Israel has recognized Somaliland as an independent nation, prompting criticism from some countries and an emergency meeting of the Security Council,...

04.01.2026 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The ‘Coalition of the Willing’: a European pipe-dream?

The Coalition of the Willing, established by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, is a multinational force...

25.12.2025 4

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It may be too late for congressional Republicans to reclaim independence 

Donald Trump's nomination of Amer Ghalib for U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait is facing strong opposition from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee due to...

10.11.2025 6

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Britain is looking for a role in Trump’s Middle East peace plan 

U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has proposed a U.K. role in the disarmament of Hamas, but the comparison to the Northern Ireland peace process is...

27.10.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Nigel Farage: Britain’s next prime minister? 

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has led every major opinion poll since April, raising the question of whether he could become Britain's next prime...

11.10.2025 6

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The soft power of British royalty

Presidents and prime ministers, no less than the rest of us, are not always rational actors.

15.09.2025 7

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Britain’s self-inflicted Afghanistan data leak disaster

When a news story bursts into the headlines in the U.K. and consumes all the oxygen for several days, it can be difficult to know whether it is a...

29.07.2025 6

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Can Germany reassert itself as Europe’s military giant?

One of the results of the stark change in mood is that the new chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, recently declared his intention to make the...

03.06.2025 6

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Is Germany protecting its democracy or suppressing free speech?

The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society tolerate the intolerant without...

15.05.2025 5

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s East Asia policy is incoherent

The tariff regime is a catastrophically contradictory counterpart to the painstaking East Asian security agreements,

11.04.2025 8

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Eliminating the Pentagon’s think tank is a senseless mistake

Hegseth has a disdain for international norms, for senior military and civilian leadership and for anything that is not immediately connected to the...

21.03.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The UK is reassessing its nuclear deterrent because of Trump

The first seven weeks of Trump’s second term have unbalanced fundamental strategic assumptions that the United Kingdom and Europe have relied on for...

14.03.2025 7

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The odd couple: Trump and Starmer make nice, for now

Avoiding pitfalls is far short of concrete achievements.

05.03.2025 9

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From ‘The Art of the Deal’ to giving away Ukraine to Putin

As Ukraine is discovering to its cost, the president’s very notion of a “deal” can be hazy.

28.02.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Merging USAID into the State Department is a good idea being carried out badly

Placing the administration of development aid within a country’s foreign ministry is not some strange, grasping display of control freakery.

14.02.2025 7

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Should we take Trump 2.0 literally, or seriously?

He meant what he said, however outlandish, aggressive, impetuous or simply preposterous, and the power of his determination should not be...

21.01.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order

The impending second presidency of Donald Trump is a challenge to the framework of global politics and diplomacy that it may not survive.

12.01.2025 6

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The wider meaning of the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation

In England, where the archbishop wields real authority, the church is decline.

20.12.2024 6

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor