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Nicholas Reed Langen

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Nicholas Reed Langen, a 2021 re:constitution fellow, edits the LSE Public Policy Review and writes on the British constitution for The Justice Gap.

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  1. America’s Broken Constitution
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    America’s Broken Constitution

    Oct 11, 2024 Nicholas Reed Langen sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems.

  2. British Judges Are Carrying Water for China
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    British Judges Are Carrying Water for China

    Aug 15, 2024 Nicholas Reed Langen decries a Hong Kong court ruling in which UK justices upheld the convictions of pro-democracy protesters.

  3. Judgment Days for Democracy
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    Judgment Days for Democracy

    Feb 28, 2024 Nicholas Reed Langen suspects that judges will play an increasingly central role in protecting democracy against populist assaults.

  4. Refugees, Rwanda, and the Rule of Law
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    Refugees, Rwanda, and the Rule of Law

    Nov 17, 2023 Nicholas Reed Langen explains why the UK Supreme Court wholly rejected the Home Office’s relocation policy for asylum seekers.

  5. The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination
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    The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination

    May 26, 2023 Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.

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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Not a Negotiating Tactic

    Ian Bremmer

    Donald Trump’s immediate, aggressive use of import tariffs has revealed a fundamental difference between his first and second term. Far from a mere negotiating strategy, the goal this time is to replace a global rules-based system of managed economic integration with coerced decoupling.

     emphasizes a fundamental difference between the US trade agenda now and during the president’s first term.
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    Are We Responsible for Our Choices?

    Peter Singer identifies a common flaw shared by deterministic theories of human behavior.
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    Europe’s Competitiveness Compass Points in the Wrong Direction

    Marcin Korolec warns that the strategy demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the challenges facing the bloc.
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    America’s Faustian Trade Bargain

    Kenneth Jacobs highlights a critical vulnerability that other countries could exploit in retaliation for US tariffs.
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    Will the United Nations Survive Trump 2.0?

    Jayati Ghosh

    Recent actions by the United States may foreshadow its withdrawal from the world’s foremost multilateral institution. Paradoxically, however, the breakdown of the multilateral order the US helped establish nearly eight decades ago could serve as a catalyst for greater international cooperation.

     thinks the paradigm shift in US foreign policy could end up strengthening global solidarity.
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    Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems

    Dadang Mujiono warns that without global intervention, biodiversity-rich regions could become prime targets for exploitation.
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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
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    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.

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