Alex Copulsky, Author at Harvard Political Review

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Vampires v. Zombies, 2009

Alex Copulsky - December 16, 2009

Twilight is big. Yes, I realize that that was not exactly an original observation nor a particularly timely one. However, I just wanted to...

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Has Health Reform Failed?

Alex Copulsky - December 15, 2009

The question is not intended substantively. The bill that is being debated by the Senate is an ugly mess from the perspective of any...

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This is basically another Munich situation right here.

Alex Copulsky - October 30, 2009

Iran has backed down from a nuclear deal that would have significantly eased American tension with them. The deal was to send Iranian low-enriched...

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Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Alex Copulsky - October 9, 2009

I wasn't aware they graded on effort.

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Strategy and Lord of the Rings

Alex Copulsky - October 3, 2009

It's a rainy afternoon, and so I'm watching The Two Towers, the second film in the Lord of the Rings series (Ed: I hated...

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Georgian Reflections

Alex Copulsky - October 1, 2009

The EU has faulted both sides in the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict for violations of international law. Russia, unsurprisingly, broke international law by its invasion...

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Worrying News

Alex Copulsky - September 24, 2009

The U.S. government is probing the death of Bill Sparkman, a census worker in rural Kentucky. He was found hanged in the woods with...

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On Guard Against Hypothetical Threats

Alex Copulsky - September 21, 2009

When you're working to govern an entire nation, you can't please everyone. Particularly people with highly particular political preferences; they tend to be the...

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Averting Armaggedon: Apposite Approaches

Alex Copulsky - September 12, 2009

In one strictly limited sense, modern man has become as God; he has acquired the ability to destroy the world. After the invention of...

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How Iran Stopped Worrying & Learned to Love the Bomb

Alex Copulsky - September 10, 2009

So unsurprisingly, the Iranians now have enough uranium to make a nuclear bomb. I say unsurprising because, well, the U.S. has been wringing...