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    The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    From leading protests against the rigged parliamentary elections of 2011 to investigating the corruption of Russia’s elites to seeking to unseat Presdient Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny was relentless in his nearly two-decade-long campaign against corruption in and around the Kremlin. Putin responded as any Russian despot would.

     has no doubt that, directly or indirectly, it was the Kremlin that killed the imprisoned opposition leader.
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    The Novichok Archipelago

    Alexei Navalny interviewed by Tikhon Dzyadko

    Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow, has reportedly died in prison, age 47. In October 2020, two months after being poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok, he spoke with Tikhon Dzyadko, the editor-in-chief of Dozhd TV, Russia’s only remaining independent broadcast network at the time.

     about an attempted murder and cover-up with Russian President Vladimir Putin's fingerprints all over it.
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    Can Marwan Barghouti Be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?

    Daoud Kuttab thinks the imprisoned Fatah leader could be the key to reviving the two-state solution.
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    What Was Capitalism?

    James Livingston asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness.
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    Pakistan’s Middle-Class Rage Against Military Rule

    Adeel Malik explains how economic dissatisfaction fueled the electoral backlash against the country’s leadership.
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    Western Technology Firms Must Stop Supplying Russia’s War Machine

    Anastassia Fedyk, et al. outline several steps that governments can take to close the loopholes in the current sanctions regime.
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    The Case for Regulating Generative AI Through Common Law

    S. Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang propose a regulatory framework that is both adaptable and tailored to specific contexts.
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    America’s Steel Madness

    Anne O. Krueger explains why opposition to Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel is deeply misguided.
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    What Corporations Need to Know About Public Health

    Tom Achoki describes a framework for understanding health systems that should guide investment and interventions.
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  1. The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny
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    The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny

    Feb 17, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva has no doubt that, directly or indirectly, it was the Kremlin that killed the imprisoned opposition leader.

  2. America’s Steel Madness
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    America’s Steel Madness

    Feb 16, 2024 Anne O. Krueger explains why opposition to Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel is deeply misguided.

  3. Can Marwan Barghouti Be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
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    Can Marwan Barghouti Be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?

    Feb 16, 2024 Daoud Kuttab thinks the imprisoned Fatah leader could be the key to reviving the two-state solution.

  4. What Corporations Need to Know About Public Health
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    What Corporations Need to Know About Public Health

    Feb 16, 2024 Tom Achoki describes a framework for understanding health systems that should guide investment and interventions.

  5. What Was Capitalism?
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    What Was Capitalism?

    Feb 16, 2024 James Livingston asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness.

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    What Was Capitalism?

    James Livingston

    Once upon a time, it was easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. That is no longer true, and imagining what could come next – a new form of feudalism, an advance toward social democracy, or simply extreme fatuousness – has become imperative.

     asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness.
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    The Rise of Consumer Crypto

    Steve Kaczynski & Scott Duke Kominers detail a wide range of business uses for non-fungible tokens and other blockchain-based technologies.
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    Robert Skidelsky on Keynes, AI, the future of work, and more

    Robert Skidelsky argues that the best way to secure supply chains is peace, highlights three grave risks posed by artificial intelligence, challenges the notion that science and religion should be regarded as opposites, and more.
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    The Fog of War Crimes

    James A. Goldston shows why the accusation of double standards has accompanied international criminal justice since its birth.
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    What Will the Next Three Months Mean for Gaza and the Middle East?

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    Shlomo Ben-Ami, Charles A. Kupchan, Mark Leonard

    After months of relentless aerial bombardments and a ground invasion, divisions within Israel over the way forward in Gaza are becoming increasingly apparent, and the international community’s patience appears to be wearing thin. With the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepening – and the risk of regional escalation growing – we asked PS commentators what the next phase of the war may bring.

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    The Redemocratization of Poland

    Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the challenges of overcoming eight years of populist misrule.

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    Reducing Plastic Pollution Requires Local Remedies

    Mirei Endara de Heras explains why on-the-ground initiatives to remove waste must complement top-down efforts to curb production.
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    Official Development Assistance Must Recognize Countries’ Vulnerabilities

    Patrick Guillaumont, et al. urge multilateral lenders to consider countries’ structural vulnerabilities when allocating funds.
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    Matchmakers for the Green Transition

    Emma FitzGerald explains how digital platforms could attract much-needed investment in smaller to mid-size projects.

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