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  1. soros117_Emmanuele ContiniNurPhoto via Getty Images_orban merkel Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    The Costs of Merkel’s Surrender to Hungarian and Polish Extortion

    George Soros warns that the German chancellor's compromise on the rule of law will dent hard-won confidence in the EU.
  2. sierakowski69_Beata ZawrzelNurPhoto via Getty Images_poland eu protest Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Poland’s Populist Catch-22

    Sławomir Sierakowski examines the domestic dynamics that could lead the government to a politically suicidal veto of the EU budget.
  3. lamy8_Thierry MonasseGetty Images_eu green deal Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

    EU Leaders Must Hold the Green Line

    Pascal Lamy, et al. urge the European Council not to give in to Hungarian and Polish extortion over the rule of law.
  4. mueller28_TOBIAS SCHWARZAFP via Getty Images_angela merkel Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images

    Merkel’s Last Chance

    Jan-Werner Mueller thinks the German chancellor's legacy will depend on whether she faces down Europe's illiberal saboteurs.
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    America’s Captured Courts

    Sheldon Whitehouse shines a light on the dark money behind the US judiciary's rightward turn under Republican presidents.
  6. pistor17_Caroline Brehman-PoolGetty Images_us constitution Caroline Brehman/Pool/Getty Images

    Reckoning with American Democracy’s Enemies Within

    Katharina Pistor argues that Republican efforts to discredit the US election must not be dismissed as mere partisan cynicism.
  7. krauss44_thierry monasse_pool_getty Images_merkel Thierry Monasse/Pool/Getty Images

    Europe’s Faustian Bargain

    Melvyn B. Krauss explains why EU leaders are about to trade rule-of-law guarantees for north-south solidarity.
  8. soros115_ Lukas SchulzeGetty Images_orban kaczynski Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

    Europe Must Stand Up to Hungary and Poland

    George Soros says the two countries' veto of the EU budget directly threatens the rule of law – and thus the bloc's future.
  9. patten120_ Caroline BrehmanCQ Roll Call_amy coney barrett Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images

    America’s Tarnished Supreme Court

    Chris Patten sees the rushed Amy Coney Barrett confirmation as evidence of the country's democratic decay.
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    Ukraine Is Far From Doomed

    Tatyana Deryugina & Anastassia Fedyk

    When comparing Ukraine’s situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible. But it will require the West, and the US in particular, to put aside domestic political squabbles and muster the political will to provide Ukraine with consistent and robust military and financial assistance.

    compare Russia's full-scale invasion to World War II and see reason to hope – as long as aid keeps flowing.
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    The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

    Rachel Glennerster urges multilateral development banks to establish mechanisms that enable at-risk vaccine purchases.
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    The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis

    Anne O. Krueger urges developed countries to back efforts by the IMF and the World Bank to promote growth-enhancing reforms.
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    Why the EU’s New Migration Pact Matters

    Ana Palacio applauds the pragmatic coalition-building, especially by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, that enabled the deal.
  5. kirchschlager1_Fatih AktasAnadolu Agency via Getty Images_AI Fatih AktasAnadolu Agency via Getty Images

    AI Needs UN Oversight

    Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for the creation of a watchdog – similar to the IAEA – that employs a human rights-based approach.
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    The West Is Hastening Its Own Decline

    Brahma Chellaney argues that the unprecedented US and European sanctions against Russia are backfiring.
  7. zizek29_Sebastian Gollnowpicture alliance via Getty Images_palestine congress germany Sebastian Gollnowpicture alliance via Getty Images

    Canceling Palestine

    Slavoj Žižek

    Current debates about Israeli policy are rife with double standards, leading to absurd decisions like Germany’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestinian gathering. By quashing legitimate speech and assembly, an Israel-aligned establishment risks inciting precisely the kind of anti-Semitism that it wants to prevent.

    worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.
  8. ackerman2_Brian van der Brug  Los Angeles Times via Getty Images_preschool Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.
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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.

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