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  1. varoufakis115_Amir LevyGetty Images_israelwall Amir Levy/Getty Images

    Strict Separation Is Not the Answer for Palestine and Israel

    Yanis Varoufakis warns against a two-apartheid-state solution that affirms the dangerous principle of ethnic exclusivity.
  2. krueger75_Kent NishimuraGetty Images_israelprotest Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

    Divestment from Israel Will Not Bring Peace

    Anne O. Krueger argues that meeting protesters' demand would weaken US universities – one of America’s sources of strength.
  3. zizek30_Fatima ShbairGetty Images_gaza Fatima Shbair/Getty Images

    Protests of Despair

    Slavoj Žižek sees the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations as a signal of a much deeper, widespread malaise.
  4. benami213_YEHUDA RAIZNERAFP via Getty Images_israelflag Yehuda Raizner/AFP via Getty Images

    The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

    Shlomo Ben-Ami warns that demonizing all Israelis will only make peace less likely – though that may be the point.
  5. singer231_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_college protests Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    When Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?

    Peter Singer rejects comparisons of the recent US campus protests to the actions of Nazi student groups in the 1930s.
  6. buruma213_Stephanie KeithGetty Images_palestine college Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

    The Privileged Gaza Protesters

    Ian Buruma argues that fear of losing rank could be driving students to demonstrate their intersectional bona fides.
  7. zizek29_Sebastian Gollnowpicture alliance via Getty Images_palestine congress germany Sebastian Gollnowpicture alliance via Getty Images

    Canceling Palestine

    Slavoj Žižek worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.
  8. basu101_Alfonso Sangiao iStock  Getty Images Plus_voting Alfonso Sangiao/iStock / Getty Images Plus

    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.
  9. fischer215_Mostafa AlkharoufAnadolu via Getty Images_tel aviv iran attack Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images

    The Gaza War Goes Global

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Iran’s unprecedented decision to launch a direct strike on Israeli territory.
  1. bremmer30_NIHARIKA KULKARNIAFP via Getty Images_modisupporters Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images

    The Road Ahead for Modi and India

    Ian Bremmer surveys the challenges and opportunities facing the country after an unexpectedly close election.
  2. rogelj1_PRAKASH SINGHAFP via Getty Images_indiaheatwave Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images

    The 1.5°C Target for Global Warming Must Prevail

    Joeri Rogelj argues that the threshold established by the Paris agreement remains crucial – even if it is breached.
  3. cesarini1_Nodar ChernishevGetty Images_newspapers Nodar Chernishev/Getty Images

    Europe Needs a Democracy Commissioner

    Paolo Cesarini, et al. describe the contours of an EU strategy for saving a sector that is integral to democracy.
  4. slevy2_ Jazmín PeñalozaObturadorMXGetty Images_president slevy2_ Jazmín PeñalozaObturadorMXGetty Images

    An Economic Agenda for Mexico’s New President

    Santiago Levy

    Claudia Sheinbaum must abandon the fantasy that the informal sector will naturally disappear as growth accelerates. Instead, she must commit to eliminating the perverse incentives that arise from the disparate treatment of formal and informal activities, as well as to reforming the tax system.

    urges President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to break with the policies of her mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
  5. dalay3_ MIKHAIL MORDASOVAFP via Getty Images_russia warship black sea MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP via Getty Images

    The Ukraine War Threatens Russia’s Regional Influence

    Galip Dalay explains why, absent a total victory, the Kremlin’s power in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean will fade.
  6. velasco148_ Spencer PlattGetty Images_university protests Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    The Primacy of Political Order

    Andrés Velasco explains why there can be no pursuit of liberty or equality without it.
  7. sierakowski109_WOJTEK RADWANSKIAFP via Getty Images_poland border WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images

    No Quiet for Europe on the Eastern Front

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains how Poland, Finland, and the Baltic countries are preparing for a potential war with Russia.
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    What Comes After Neoliberalism?

    Governments that had spent nearly a half-century preaching the virtues of free trade, deregulation, and hyperglobalization are now imposing import tariffs and export restrictions, adopting industrial policies, and lavishing subsidies on domestic firms in favored sectors, like green tech. With many observers heralding the death of neoliberalism, we asked PS commentators what comes next.

  9. leonard101_Sean GallupGetty Images_weimar triangle Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    What the Weimar Triangle Could Do for Europe

    Mark Leonard thinks a Franco-German-Polish leadership trifecta could breathe new life into the European Union.

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