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Steven Schuurman, Co-Founder and former CEO of Elastic, is Co-Founder of the International Center for Future Generations.

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  1. Making Emerging Technologies Safe for Democracy
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    Making Emerging Technologies Safe for Democracy

    Mar 21, 2024 Marietje Schaake & Steven Schuurman urge policymakers to focus on the social impact of digital innovation over industry profits.

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    Is a North-South Divide Opening in India?

    Shashi Tharoor fears that the government’s push to redraw the electoral map will favor poorer, more populous states.
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    American Suicide

    Joschka Fischer mourns the loss of the United States and the relative peace and prosperity that its global leadership enabled.
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    Trump’s Tariffs and the Will to Power

    Richard K. Sherwin

    Donald Trump views tariffs as much more than a policy. While they will make life materially worse for people around the world – not least Americans – what matters to him is the spectacle of a heroic leader demonstrating his capacity to induce shock and awe.

     thinks those who question the rationality of recent US trade policy are missing the point.
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    Americans Can’t Win from Trump’s Trade War

    Nancy Qian sees only nonsense in the administration's rationale for “reciprocal” tariffs and the formula for setting them.
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    South Korea’s Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy

    Katharine H.S. Moon

    While the Constitutional Court has upheld President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and formally removed him from office, South Korea’s fragile democracy is likely to remain on shaky ground. As long as political polarization persists, the threat of authoritarianism will continue to loom large.

     traces the country’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.
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    China’s World – or Europe’s?

    Orville Schell urges Europeans to dispel wishful thinking about what the post-American world will require of them.
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    A US Tariff Idea That Makes Sense

    Simon Johnson touts the benefits of a bipartisan Senate bill that would target Russian oil exports.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.

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