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Naomi Wolf

Naomi Wolf

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Naomi Wolf played a leading role in so-called “third-wave” feminism and as an advocate of “power feminism,” which holds that women must assert themselves politically in order to achieve their goals. She advised the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Her books include The Beauty Myth, The End of America and, most recently, Vagina: A Biography.

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  1. Powerless Women in Power?
    Angela Merkel and Queen Elizabeth The British Monarchy/Flickr

    Powerless Women in Power?

    Sep 30, 2014 Naomi Wolf argues that women politicians are gaining power in nation-states that are losing much of theirs.

  2. Hope for High-Tech Mothers
    Working remotely Citrix Online/Flickr

    Hope for High-Tech Mothers

    Aug 30, 2014 Naomi Wolf praises a new job platform for highly skilled women from around the world.

  3. Unholy War
    Destroyed Mosque Gaza City Majdi Fathi/ZumaPress

    Unholy War

    Jul 31, 2014 Naomi Wolf argues that what really is at stake in Gaza is Israel's soul.

  4. The Poverty of Hillary Clinton
    Hillary Clinton in Berlin Rain downingstreet/flickr

    The Poverty of Hillary Clinton

    Jun 30, 2014 Naomi Wolf warns that the presumptive Democratic nominee in 2016 is her own worst enemy.

  5. The Feminine Leadership Mystique
    Women in Business_Jeremy Lim_Flickr Jeremy Lim/Flickr

    The Feminine Leadership Mystique

    May 28, 2014 Naomi Wolf says that the debate about women's leadership styles is really about moving the goalposts.

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    How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

    Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves.
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    Europe Found Its Values and Lost Its Way

    Jean-Pierre Landau

    European integration – and the stability and prosperity it supports – has always depended on a pragmatic, incremental approach. If the EU is to navigate today’s challenging geopolitical environment, it must again embrace this approach, rather than continue to allow high-level principles to dictate policy.

    warns that the EU’s focus on high-level principles is undermining its economic dynamism and global influence.
  3. cferguson4_Patrick T. FallonGettyImages_jensen_huang Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images

    The Crisis in Western AI Is Real

    Charles Ferguson

    Given the risks involved in the race for AI dominance, maintaining a strong lead within democratic advanced economies justifies a public-private strategic mobilization on the scale of the Manhattan Project. Yet the West is doing the opposite, largely owing to its own AI industry’s arrogance, shortsightedness, and greed.

    thinks the US industry bears a considerable share of the blame for China’s DeepSeek breakthrough.
  4. singer239_Andrew HarnikGetty Images_americafirst Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    “America First” in Action

    Peter Singer assesses the damage Donald Trump has already done to long-term US interests since returning to the White House.
  5. varoufakis124_Luke SharrettGettyImages_palantir_demo Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

    Technofeudalism Is War’s Handmaiden

    Yanis Varoufakis explains how the rise of cloud capital is steering the world toward well-known strategic traps.
  6. buiter54_FABRICE COFFRINIAFP via Getty Images_swissnationalbank Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

    The Positive Case for Negative Rates

    Willem H. Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari see the widely scorned monetary-policy tool as a necessary option in the absence of fiscal alternatives.
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    Will DeepSeek Upend US Tech Dominance?

    Angela Huyue Zhang says the firm’s disruption of the AI industry is about market – not great-power – competition.
  8. buruma222_Anna MoneymakerGettyImages_donald_trump_cross Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    Breaking US Democracy Beyond Repair

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s efforts to tear down America’s “civic religion” will be difficult to reverse.
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    Can the Liberal International Order Survive Without America?

    Chris Patten urges Western countries to safeguard the institutions that have underpinned their postwar stability.

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