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David Rieff

David Rieff

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David Rieff is the author of At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention. His most recent book, Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir, is about his mother, the novelist and critic Susan Sontag.

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  1. dervis109_ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDSAFP via Getty Images_capitol Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

    The Post-Trump Reconstruction of America and the World

    Kemal Derviş

    For decades, the United States has lacked a fully credible and feasible overall strategy for backing liberal democracy. To restore the right kind of US global leadership, President-elect Joe Biden's administration should develop one.  

     urges the incoming Biden administration to champion liberal democracy consistently at home and abroad.
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  3. kotrikadze2_ DIMITAR DILKOFFAFP via Getty Images_navalny Dimitar Dillkoff/AFP via Getty Images

    Navalny’s Return

    Ekaterina Kotrikadze

    Despite independent journalists uncovering more details about last year's nerve-gas attack against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, public sentiment in the country remains unmoved. The primary reason is not that Russian citizens don't know about the crime; it is that too many just don't care. 

     Alexei Navalny's coming return to Russia is forcing an examination of Russians' tolerance of flagrant abuses of power.
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