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Noëlle Lenoir

Noëlle Lenoir

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Noëlle Lenoir, a former French minister for Europe, is an honorary justice of the French Constitutional Court.

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  1. Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?
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    Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?

    Mar 7, 2024 Noëlle Lenoir sees legal precedents for trying those accused of complicity in Hamas’s October 7 attack.

  2. Fighting Big Lies
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    Fighting Big Lies

    May 26, 2022 Noëlle Lenoir sees the need for stronger legal action against malicious disinformation and those who spread it.

  3. Time for European Defense Autonomy
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    Time for European Defense Autonomy

    Nov 18, 2019 Noëlle Lenoir calls on EU leaders to stop dithering and get to work forming a common army and security strategy.

  4. France’s Big Hate
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    France’s Big Hate

    Mar 1, 2019 Noëlle Lenoir advocates severe punishment for the violent extremists who have hijacked the Yellow Vest movement.

  5. Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Free Speech
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    Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Free Speech

    Apr 13, 2018 Noëlle Lenoir worries that accusations of racism are being used to stifle criticism of radical Islam.

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    The Language of Political Control

    Robert Skidelsky views recent linguistic innovations as manipulative efforts to compel “correct” thought and perception.
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    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.
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    The West’s New Infrastructure Imperative

    Diane Coyle explains why a broader conception of the term could reflect a renewed interest in investing in the future.
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    An Iran-Israel War?

    Iran’s mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel last week raised anew the specter of a widening Middle East war that draws in Iran and its proxies, as well as Western countries like the United States. The urgent need to defuse tensions – starting by ending Israel’s war in Gaza and pursuing a lasting political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is obvious, but can it be done?

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    What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like

    Mohamed Nasheed & Rakesh Mohan explain how the managing director can fully position the institution to help the most vulnerable countries.
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    The Key to Transforming African Health

    Jayati Ghosh highlights efforts to foster scientific innovation and drug manufacturing on the continent.
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    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

    Stephen S. Roach

    The most successful development stories almost always involve major shifts in the sources of economic growth, which in turn allow economies to reinvent themselves out of necessity or by design. In China, the interplay of mounting external pressures, lagging household consumption, and falling productivity will increasingly shape China’s policy choices in the years ahead.

    explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
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    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami

    Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.

    urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.
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    The Urgency of Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    José Antonio Ocampo highlights the need for a comprehensive mechanism to deliver relief to low- and middle-income countries.

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