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Abraham Newman and Daniel Nexon

Abraham Newman is an associate professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and in the department of government at Georgetown University. He is the author of Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy. Twitter: @ANewman_forward.

Daniel Nexon is associate professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and in the government department at Georgetown. He blogs at The Duck of Minerva and Lawyers, Guns and Money, and is the author of The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires, and International Change. Twitter: @dhnexon

Latest articles by Abraham Newman and Daniel Nexon

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Trump says American allies should spend more on defense. Here’s why he’s wrong.Trump says American allies should spend more on defense. Here’s why he’s wrong.
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Doing “burden sharing” wrong.

By Abraham Newman and Daniel Nexon