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The Narrow Corridor — Book Review Written by:  January 12, 2021 Author Note: This review was written the week before the storming of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. That event only serves to emphasize the fragile nature of “the narrow corridor” for democracy and liberty. This update was written on January 12, so we still have inauguration day as one of the next tests for democracy in America. In this follow up to their monumental Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty(2012), Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson draw general lessons from copious exampl...

Erdogan is trying to reconcile with the West, but Putin is betting against it From Azerbaijan to Syria to Libya, Erdogan’s drive to rebuild Turkey’s influence as a regional power has forced Russia to roll back its ambitions. Text Size: A+ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was guest of honor at Azerbaijan’s military parade Thursday to mark its victory with Ankara’s help over Moscow ally Armenia. If Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was angry at the incursion into his former Soviet backyard, he wasn’t showing it. It was only the latest challenge from the Turkish leader that the n...