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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
November 15, 2021
Human Rights
Democracy Promotion and the Monarchies
Should the United States be promoting democracy and human rights in friendly monarchies? Yes — human rights improvements, not regime change, should be the goal, working especially in areas where prog…
January 25, 2021
Transition 2021
Four Critical Issues for Biden and Europe
Biden’s electoral victory and the course correction he has already begun are poised to repair America’s reputation abroad and reinstate transatlantic solidarity. Nonetheless, neither side of the Atla…
July 26, 2021
Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
Malaysia’s Political Crisis Is Dooming Its COVID-19 Response
Southeast Asia has in recent weeks become an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indonesia is recording the highest number of confirmed new cases per day in the world, and even one-time success stori…
October 4, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Democracy Was Never Going to Stop Islamist Terrorism
Twenty years after 9/11, U.S. policy in the Middle East is still based on a fundamental mistake.
