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  1. fischer210_Christopher FurlongGetty Images_israel Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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    The Two-State Solution in the Twenty-First Century

    Joschka Fischer explains what it will take to revive the Middle East peace process after the war in Gaza ends.
  2. zizek25_MAHMUD HAMSAFP via Getty Images_israel palestine MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images
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    The New Roots of Anti-Semitism

    Slavoj Žižek worries that Zionist fundamentalism is exacerbating the problem it purports to solve.
  3. benami208_FADEL SENNAAFP via Getty Images_israel palestine FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images
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    The False Choice Between Palestinian and Jewish Liberation

    Shlomo Ben-Ami rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
  4. bp gaza Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images
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    Protecting Gaza’s Children

    Nurul Izzah Anwar & Yolanda Augustin urge the international community to support the young Palestinians bearing the brunt of the war.
  5. slaughter100_Majdi FathiNurPhoto via Getty Images_gazawater Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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    If Europe Could Do It, So Can the Middle East

    Anne-Marie Slaughter shares three lessons from the post-World War II experience of peacemaking between ancient enemies.
  6. khalidi2_SAID KHATIBAFP via Getty Images_gaza Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images
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    The Two-State, Two-Economy Solution

    Raja Khalidi says that the prerequisite for a lasting political solution in Israel-Palestine hasn't changed in 35 years.
  7. bildt117_J. DAVID AKEAFP via Getty Images_arafat rabin oslo J. David Ake/AFP via Getty Images
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    There Is Only One Way Forward in Gaza

    Carl Bildt argues that the choice for Israelis and Palestinians has always been a two-state solution or eternal war.
  8. tharoor184_ Haim Zach GPO HandoutAnadolu AgencyGetty Images_modi netanyahu Haim Zach / GPO / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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    India, Gaza, and the Drift from Non-Alignment

    Shashi Tharoor considers what India’s response to the Israel-Hamas war says about the evolution of its foreign policy.
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    The Rules-Based International Order Is Collapsing in Gaza

    Abdullah Gül highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the broader danger of allowing it to continue.
  1. nishio1_Ian ForsythGetty Images_elecrtification ssa Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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    An African Success Story for Development Finance

    Akihiko Nishio & Victoria Kwakwa highlight the effectiveness of the concessional lending provided by the International Development Association.
  2. montoya1_Drew AngererGetty Images_google Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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    The Google Trial’s Dangerous Secrecy

    Karina Montoya warns that the tech behemoth’s success in limiting public access to legal proceedings threatens press freedom.
  3. amiel2_MIGUEL MEDINAAFP via Getty Images_french ev MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images
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    A Green Economy Needs More Than Subsidies

    David Amiel

    While carbon pricing and industrial policies may have enabled policymakers in the United States and Europe to avoid difficult political choices, we cannot rely on these tools to achieve crucial climate goals. Climate policies must move away from focusing on green taxes and subsidies and enter the age of politics.

     explains why achieving climate goals requires a broader combination of sector-specific policy instruments.
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    What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?

    Nikki Reisch argues that corporate capture is preventing the annual COPs from driving an exit from fossil fuels.
  5. alqassimi1_PAWAN SHARMAAFP via Getty Images_flooding historic sites PAWAN SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images
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    The Power of Culture-Based Climate Action

    Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi & Margareth Menezes highlight the unique ability of indigenous knowledge and methods to generate sustainable solutions.
  6. mfespinosa6_ Sha HantingChina News ServiceVCG via Getty Images_georgieva Sha Hanting/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
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    The Global South’s Debt Crisis Is Thwarting Climate Ambition

    María Fernanda Espinosa & Rishikesh Ram Bhandary warn that lack of fiscal space in the developing world is impeding progress on the clean-energy transition.
  7. rogoff243_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_interest Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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    Higher Interest Rates Are Here to Stay

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The long-standing economic consensus that interest rates would remain low indefinitely, making debt cost-free, is no longer tenable. Even if inflation declines, soaring debt levels, deglobalization, and populist pressures will keep rates higher for the next decade than they were in the decade following the 2008 financial crisis.

     thinks that policymakers and economists must reassess their beliefs in light of current market realities.
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    Does India Have a Hit List?

    Shashi Tharoor worries that recent plots to assassinate Sikh separatists abroad could undermine vital diplomatic relationships.
  9. patten160_ Hoda DavaineDave BenettGetty Images_paul lynch Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images
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    The Looming Populist Dystopia

    Chris Patten says that this year’s Booker Prize-winning novel cuts disturbingly close to home.

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