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Reed Galen

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Reed Galen is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project, President of JoinTheUnion.us, a pro-democracy coalition dedicated to defending American democracy and defeating authoritarian candidates, and host of The Home Front Podcast. He writes on Substack at The Home Front.

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  1. Trump’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
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    Trump’s Not-So-Secret Weapon

    Oct 28, 2024 Reed Galen traces the rise and role of the right-wing media machine supporting the former president.

  2. Harris Has the Momentum to Beat Trump
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    Harris Has the Momentum to Beat Trump

    Jul 29, 2024 Reed Galen welcomes the vigor that the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee has brought to the presidential race.

  3. Why Republicans Go Crawling Back to Donald Trump
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    Why Republicans Go Crawling Back to Donald Trump

    May 30, 2024 Reed Galen sees the fecklessness of figures like William Barr as proof of the sorry state of the American political class.

  4. Why Trump Can’t Win
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    Why Trump Can’t Win

    Mar 6, 2024 Reed Galen shows why the numbers do not favor the presumptive Republican nominee in November's US presidential election.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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