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Robert Howse

Robert Howse

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Robert Howse is Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law.

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  1. America's Ambivalent Commitment to International Justice
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    America's Ambivalent Commitment to International Justice

    Aug 2, 2021 Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel lament the Biden administration's slowness to reinvigorate vital global institutions.

  2. Sovereign Creditors Must Not Rewrite the Rules During the Pandemic
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    Sovereign Creditors Must Not Rewrite the Rules During the Pandemic

    Jul 9, 2020 Joseph E. Stiglitz, et al. urge the international community to reject demands that will benefit mainly lawyers and investment banks.

  3. Why Attack Syria?
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    Why Attack Syria?

    Sep 4, 2013 Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel

  4. Debt, Dictatorship, and Democratization
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    Debt, Dictatorship, and Democratization

    Apr 4, 2011 Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel

  5. Are We Really Secessionists Now?
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    Are We Really Secessionists Now?

    Jul 26, 2010 Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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