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America’s Turbulent Transition

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    America First, Biden-Style

    Melvyn B. Krauss laments the Trumpian spirit that continues to haunt US foreign policy.
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    Biden’s First Hundred Days

    Richard Haass sees more continuity with the Trump administration's foreign policy than meets the eye.
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    Infrastructure for the Next American Century

    Jonathan Gruber & Simon Johnson applaud the Biden administration's commitment to increase federal funding for basic science.
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    Defending the Free World Again

    Chris Patten urges liberal democracies, and America in particular, to recall the advice offered by George F. Kennan in 1946.
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    Why Would Anyone Want to be President?

    Elizabeth Drew argues that despite a flying start, US President Joe Biden still faces a number of challenges during his term.
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    America’s Return to the World

    Kemal Derviş welcomes the Biden administration’s commitment to bolstering democracy and rebuilding multilateralism.
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    Why Trumpian Populism Failed

    James A. Robinson shows how US democratic institutions prevailed, and why they remain vulnerable to wannabe autocrats.
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    The US Military and the Capitol Mob

    Charles C. Krulak sees radicalism among service members as symptomatic of the rift between the US military and civil society.
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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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