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Shalom Lipner, a former foreign policy adviser in the office of the Israeli prime minister, is a nonresident senior fellow for Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.

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America Does Not Need a Rabbi-in-Chief
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America Does Not Need a Rabbi-in-Chief

Aug 28, 2019 Shalom Lipner decries divisive and inappropriate statements by both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

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Bibi’s Faustian Bargain
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Bibi’s Faustian Bargain

Feb 27, 2018 Shalom Lipner asks whether Israel's embattled prime minister will compromise his country to save himself.

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What’s at Stake in Libya?
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What’s at Stake in Libya?

Bernard Haykel regards the country's civil war as a crucial theater for broader ideological and geopolitical struggles.

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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?
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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?

Carl Bildt sees the country as a canary in a coal mine in confronting climate change and a rising China.

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Brexit’s Stealthy Rationality
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Brexit’s Stealthy Rationality

Yanis Varoufakis sees a parallel between the UK's withdrawal from the EU and the US abandonment of Bretton Woods in 1971.

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Relieving Libya’s Agony
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Relieving Libya’s Agony

Javier Solana

The credibility of all external actors in the Libyan conflict is now at stake. The main domestic players will lower their maximalist pretensions only when their foreign supporters do the same, ending hypocrisy once and for all and making a sincere effort to find room for consensus.

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Violence Against Women Is Blocking Development
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Violence Against Women Is Blocking Development

Tlaleng Mofokeng highlights the effects of countries' failure to provide essential services to victims of gender-based crime.

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The Making of the Digital Revolution PS OnPoint
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The Making of the Digital Revolution

William H. Janeway

Two recent books exploring the history of American venture capital shine a spotlight not just on the workings of the innovative process, but also on the unique personalities behind it. Without VC, the state, and entrepreneurs working in concert, there would be no digital revolution.

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China’s Great Leap into Epidemic
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China’s Great Leap into Epidemic

Aryeh Neier highlights the link between suppression of free speech and public-health crises like the new coronavirus.

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The Rich World Must Take Responsibility for Its Carbon Footprint Sustainability Now
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The Rich World Must Take Responsibility for Its Carbon Footprint

Adair Turner calls on developed economies to take responsibility for emissions that their consumption generates abroad.

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