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  • With the shocking assassination attempt of a leading American public figure at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July, the United States joined a growing list of western democracies falling victim to the scourge of political violence.   Just over two years ago, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a lone gunman…

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  • This is the second in a series of Viewpoint articles focused on key foreign policy challenges for the next U.S. President. The articles will run between now and the general election on 5 November.  In an interview with NBC News in 1998, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called the United States “the indispensable nation.”  The…

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