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The Year of Elections

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  1. castaneda89_ALFREDO ESTRELLAAFP via Getty Images_amlo sheinbaum ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images
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    Can Claudia Sheinbaum Escape AMLO’s Shadow?

    Guillermo Ortiz asks whether Mexico’s new president will govern as a pragmatist or embrace her predecessor’s populism.
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    The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro

    Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.
  3. krauze2_Manuel VelasquezGetty Images_sheinbaum YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images
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    A New President and a Grim Legacy for Mexico

    Enrique Krauze reflects on the harmful tenure of the outgoing president, who weakened the economy and eroded its institutions.
  4. kisilowski12_Christian BrunaGetty Images_fpo austria Christian Bruna/Getty Images
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    Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

    Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.
  5. cchandrasekhar2_ISHARA S. KODIKARAAFP via Getty Images_ sri lanka ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

    C.P. Chandrasekhar, et al. urge the country’s new government to eschew austerity and reject the debt-restructuring deal with bondholders.
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    Ishiba Shigeru’s Premiership Could Be Short-Lived

    Taniguchi Tomohiko highlights three key weaknesses that bode ill for Japan’s new government.
  7. fischer220_Sam TarlingGetty Images_marinelepen Sam Tarling/Getty Images
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    Making Europe Weak Again

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of the French and German far right winning support at centrist parties' expense.
  8. ito40_Yue ChenxingXinhuaPOOLAnadolu via Getty Images_ldp election Yue Chenxing/Xinhua/POOL/Anadolu via Getty Images
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    The Nine-Horse Race to Lead Japan

    Takatoshi Ito explores the views and policies of the main contenders to become the country’s next prime minister.
  9. haldar7_Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times via Getty Images_abortion rights Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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    Abortion and Reproductive Rights Are Economic Issues

    Laura Tyson shows why abortion, childcare, and parental leave are not merely “family” issues.
  1. castaneda89_ALFREDO ESTRELLAAFP via Getty Images_amlo sheinbaum ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images
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    Can Claudia Sheinbaum Escape AMLO’s Shadow?

    Guillermo Ortiz asks whether Mexico’s new president will govern as a pragmatist or embrace her predecessor’s populism.
  2. op_reedlangen7_Jemal CountessGetty Images for Court Accountability_supreme court Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Court Accountability
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    America’s Broken Constitution

    Nicholas Reed Langen

    For America to address the glaring flaws in its constitutional order, it will need to move to a system where judicial decisions are made not by “Democratic judges” or “Republican judges,” but just by judges. No other liberal democracy allows for such a corrosively politicized appointment process.

     sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems.
  3. castaneda90_ FEDERICO PARRAAFP via Getty Images_venezuela FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images
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    The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro

    Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.
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    Is Antitrust Enforcement Broken?

    Though antitrust enforcement has been gaining momentum on both sides of the Atlantic, a handful of private actors still wield extraordinary market power – and thus power over ordinary people’s lives. With some calling for more radical action, and others warning that reining in firms’ market power would be unhelpful and even harmful, we asked PS commentators what needs to be done.

  5. buberl1_ Nicolas EconomouNurPhoto via Getty Images_european commission Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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    Europe and the Polycrisis

    Thomas Buberl argues that safeguarding the EU’s future demands a fundamental institutional transformation by 2045.
  6. rodrik227_Si WeiVCG via Getty Images_china solar panels Si Wei/VCG via Getty Images
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    The Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Test

    Dani Rodrik explains how to steer international economic-policy debates toward what really matters.
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    Who Needs a New Economic Paradigm?

    Andrés Velasco asks what’s behind the ambition, on both the left and right, to promote a transformative vision of the field.
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    Is Capitalism Really the Cause of Global Inequality?

    Kenneth Rogoff thinks greater economic openness is key to tackling cross-country disparities and achieving sustainability.
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    The Key That Unlocks Cleantech Financing in Europe

    Craig Douglas urges EU leaders to borrow against future Emissions Trading System revenues to finance higher investment now.

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