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Democracy and Its Enemies

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  1. mueller42_CHP HandoutAnadolu Agency via Getty Images CHP /Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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    The Dilemma of Anti-Populism

    Jan-Werner Mueller examines the structural disadvantages faced by fragile opposition coalitions that challenge strongman rule.
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    India’s Thin-Skinned Leaders

    Shashi Tharoor argues that the Modi government’s petulant response to foreign criticism conveys weakness, not strength.
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    Netanyahu’s Sabotage of Israeli Democracy

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights the stakes of the Netanyahu government’s plan to weaken the judiciary.
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    Global Warming, Hot Wars, Closed Societies

    George Soros sees a fight for global domination playing out against a backdrop of existential risk to human civilization.
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    Israel’s Autocratic Turn

    Ido Baum warns that the Netanyahu government’s assault on the legal system will undermine the separation of powers.
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    Re-Envisioning the Liberal International Order

    Tobias Bunde & Sophie Eisentraut share new findings about how major countries and their people see the world today.
  7. harrington33_ Kevin DietschGetty Images_jim jordan Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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    The Conspiracy Congress

    Kent Harrington explains how House Republicans’ bogus investigations will undermine US democracy and national security.
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    Putin’s Brezhnev Moment

    Aryeh Neier draws parallels between the regime’s ongoing crackdown on civil society and late Soviet repression.
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    The Necessity of Morality in Foreign Policy

    Chris Patten shows why “realism” requires heeding the lessons of history and defending democratic values.
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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies

    When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger.

     laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

    PS editors present the What Economics is Missing event.
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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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    The Fed Must Not Flinch

    Michael R. Strain

    The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the Fed cannot see the whites of the eyes of a systemic banking crisis, then it must move aggressively on the inflation front.

     urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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    Reimagining Development

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.

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