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Democracy and Its Enemies

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  1. sierakowski98_Jaap ArriensNurPhoto via Getty Images_donaldtusk Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Poland's Electoral Inquisition

    Sławomir Sierakowski decries a new law designed to disqualify opposition candidates from running in this year's general election.
  2. op_reedlangen6_Chip SomodevillaGetty Images_supremecourt Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination

    Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
  3. reedlangen4_Amir LevyGetty Images_israelprotests Amir Levy/Getty Images

    Law’s Struggle for Dignity

    Nicholas Reed Langen considers the basic principles at stake in Israel's conflict over judicial independence.
  4. zarakol1_OZAN KOSEAFP via Getty Images_turkey elections OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

    Turkey’s Democratic Resilience

    Ayşe Zarakol explains why President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strongman rule faces its toughest challenge yet.
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    The Authoritarian Hangover

    Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk consider the dilemma that confronts democratic forces after they topple populist leaders.
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    Protest and Power in France

    Brigitte Granville considers what the violent May Day clashes between protesters and police reveal about the Fifth Republic.
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    India’s Democracy in Detention

    Shashi Tharoor fears for the country's future after Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi's removal from parliament.
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    Trump’s Indictment Bodes Well for Democracy

    Terry Lynn Karl draws parallels between America’s and Peru’s attempts to bring their former leaders to justice.
  9. ibaum2_ Amir LevyGetty Images_israel Amir Levy/Getty Images

    Israel’s Judicial Coup-in-Waiting

    Ido Baum explains why the country’s ongoing constitutional crisis is not likely to be resolved soon.
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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
  4. op_nagymohacsi2_Namthip MuanthongthaeGetty Images_CBDC Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images

    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
  8. schleussner1_David McNewGetty Images_heatwave David McNew/Getty Images

    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
  9. benami202_Burak KaraGetty Images_erdogan Burak Kara/Getty Images

    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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