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Courtney C. Radsch

Courtney C. Radsch

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Courtney C. Radsch, former advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists, is the author of Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change.

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  1. Facebook Should Ban More World Leaders
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    Facebook Should Ban More World Leaders

    Jul 19, 2021 Courtney C. Radsch urges the social-media giant to deplatform all who misuse it to target their citizens.

  2. An Interview with Courtney C. Radsch
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    An Interview with Courtney C. Radsch

    Jun 30, 2020 Courtney C. Radsch addresses journalism’s racism problem, explains why criminalizing disinformation is not the answer to “fake news,” and touts one of the most important books she has read.

  3. America’s Cops Must Stop Attacking Journalists
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    America’s Cops Must Stop Attacking Journalists

    Jun 11, 2020 Courtney C. Radsch highlights a disturbing trend of targeted violence by police against journalists covering protests.

  4. When Fighting Fake News Aids Censorship
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    When Fighting Fake News Aids Censorship

    Mar 1, 2018 Courtney C. Radsch shows how official measures to contain the spread of misinformation are victimizing legitimate journalists.

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    Making Biodiversity Credits Work

    Almir Narayamoga Suruí & Simon Zadek suggest how to realize the potential of this innovative mechanism for financing nature conservation.
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.
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    What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development

    Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun.
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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    First Trump Came for the Immigrants

    Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.
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    Will the IMF Survive to 100?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

     propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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    European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

    Friedrich Merz

    The old Europe of the Cold War sought comfort in the past and confidence in the solitary US leadership that defined the era. Unfortunately, when it comes to its own security, Europe seemingly remains in a time warp, stuck somewhere before 1989.

     laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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    The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

    Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability.
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    The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

    Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics.

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