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Without George W. Bush's presidency, it's hard to imagine Obama's 2008 victory; without both, it's hard to imagine Trump being so dominant in 2016. Regardless of whether Trump wins in November, his securing the Republican Party's nomination sets incredibly disturbing ...

For the crime of terrorism to have weight, we must move globally towards a more specific definition that goes beyond the very subjective “violence that we strongly dislike.” Likewise, counterterrorism must adopt a similarly more discerning approach in order to ...

Author's note: when I wrote this, I was confident Clinton would win but still worried about the chance of a Trump victory being far higher than it should be. I was confident the UK would not vote for Brexit, but ...

On the Ides of March, the anniversary of Caesar's assassination, we would do well to consider Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic. Before Caesar was thought of by some as a tyrant, for years he was a champion ...

The following is a paper I wrote as an undergraduate many years ago under the tutelage of the acclaimed Lincoln scholar Dr. Lucas Morel. I am still proud of its content today, and especially in today's hyperpartisan political atmosphere, Lincoln ...

Neither candidate can be said to have chipped into the other's core support as a result of the debate Thursday night. As before the debate, the real test of Sanders' viability as a candidate rests not in a single victory ...

Happy Risky New Year If people thought 2015 was bad, 2016 shows no sign of letting on up on risk. The Middle East, China, Europe, Central Africa, even the United States will all raise serious questions about risk in 2016 ...

As this historic terrorist attack unfolds, France, Europe, the West, and the Middle East need to really think about what they've been doing and what they are about to do before doing it. This is a time to be smart, ...

How three TV shows illustrate critical dynamics of the Syrian Civil War and how two books show us why we need to care Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse October 12, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) October ...

Author's note: as we enter the longest government shutdown in American history as 2019 unfolds because of Trump's border wall delusions, my look at the immigration debate from 2015 is still deeply relevant. Anti-immigrant Americans in the mid-nineteenth century were ...

Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been done by his administration regarding the Syrian Civil War Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse August 3, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) August 3rd, 2015 Reuters This piece has also ...

The rebel "Confederate" flag is much less of a problem than the values and system it represents. The romanticization of the South's traitorous slaveowner-led rebellion is an insult to America and American values and 150 years after the defeat of ...