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Richard Sokolsky

Latest articles by Richard Sokolsky

Politics
Why Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be a foreign policy hawk as presidentWhy Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be a foreign policy hawk as president
Politics

Being secretary of state and being president are two different things.

By Jeremy Shapiro and Richard Sokolsky
World Politics
How America enables its allies’ bad behaviorHow America enables its allies’ bad behavior
World Politics

If you have one bad ally, you can blame the ally; if they’re all bad, maybe it’s you.

By Jeremy Shapiro and Richard Sokolsky