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Richard K. Sherwin

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Richard K. Sherwin, Professor Emeritus of Law at New York Law School, is the author of When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line between Law and Popular Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2000).

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  1. King Trump on Trial
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    King Trump on Trial

    May 17, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.

  2. Trump’s Enablers on the Supreme Court
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    Trump’s Enablers on the Supreme Court

    Apr 29, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin thinks the majority's support for broad immunity for former presidents rests on a dangerous premise.

  3. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy
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    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy

    Apr 8, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin asks why the scion of a storied political family is playing the role of a spoiler against President Joe Biden.

  4. What Fundamentalist Christians See in Trump
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    What Fundamentalist Christians See in Trump

    Mar 7, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin explains how a key voting bloc can be so enthusiastic about so un-Christian a candidate.

  5. Will Trump Be on the Ballot?
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    Will Trump Be on the Ballot?

    Dec 22, 2023 Richard K. Sherwin explains what is at issue in ongoing legal cases seeking to prohibit the former president from running again.

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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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