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    US-China Cooperation Remains Possible

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Although the US has abandoned its policy of engagement with China, the strategy of great-power competition that has replaced it does not preclude cooperation in some areas. A good analogy is a soccer match, where two teams battle fiercely but abide by certain rules and boundaries, kicking only the ball, rather than each other.

     identifies seven areas where the two countries can still work together toward mutually beneficial outcomes.
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    Will the Renewed US Support for Ukraine Be Enough?

    Ian Bremmer

    Sixteen months of congressional inaction in the United States has left Ukrainian forces exhausted and short on ammo. Although America has now finally enacted another package of financial and military aid, the best that the Ukrainians can hope for is another stalemate, rather than another major offensive against Russian lines.

     explains how an additional $61 billion in aid and arms will, and will not, change the course of the war.
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    What Mission-Driven Government Means

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel correct common misconceptions about a particular form of state participation in the economy.
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    Argentina’s Inflation Paradoxes

    Andrés Velasco asks whether President Javier Milei's administration can sustain its initial economic-policy successes.
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    The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human

    Antara Haldar reflects on the pioneering work and legacy of one of the world’s most influential social scientists.
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    Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism

    Joseph E. Stiglitz considers what 40 years of anti-government, low-tax, deregulatory advocacy have wrought around the world.
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    The Privileged Gaza Protesters

    Ian Buruma argues that fear of losing rank could be driving students to demonstrate their intersectional bona fides.
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    What TikTok Got Wrong About America

    Nancy Qian thinks the company sealed its fate by aggressively interfering in the US political process.
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    India’s Despotic Election

    Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eroded democratic safeguards and stacked the deck in his favor.
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  1. Argentina’s Inflation Paradoxes
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    Argentina’s Inflation Paradoxes

    May 7, 2024 Andrés Velasco asks whether President Javier Milei's administration can sustain its initial economic-policy successes.

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    What Mission-Driven Government Means

    May 7, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel correct common misconceptions about a particular form of state participation in the economy.

  4. The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human
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    The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human

    May 7, 2024 Antara Haldar reflects on the pioneering work and legacy of one of the world’s most influential social scientists.

  5. Will the Renewed US Support for Ukraine Be Enough?
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    Will the Renewed US Support for Ukraine Be Enough?

    May 6, 2024 Ian Bremmer explains how an additional $61 billion in aid and arms will, and will not, change the course of the war.

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    India’s Despotic Election

    Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eroded democratic safeguards and stacked the deck in his favor.
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    Alison L. LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more

    Alison L. LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more.
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    The Perils of Retirement in America

    Teresa Ghilarducci proposes a Grey New Deal that would boost economic security for all US workers in old age.
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    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

    Stephen S. Roach explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
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    Minxin Pei on China’s economy, surveillance state, repression of dissent, and more

    Minxin Pei doubts China’s government is willing to do what is needed to restore growth, describes the low-tech approaches taken by the country’s vast security apparatus, considers the Chinese social-credit system’s repressive potential, and more.
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    Governments Must Shape AI’s Future

    Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone urge policymakers to see themselves as proactive participants in technological innovation and market-making.

“It is better to ask forgiveness than permission” has been the mantra of the digital revolution so far, and one should not expect that to change with artificial intelligence. For those already in a position to dominate this potentially groundbreaking sector, the opportunities are too enticing to miss.

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    Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?

    Li Shuo & Lauri Myllyvirta explain why the country’s emissions-reduction plan for 2035 could accelerate the fight against global warming.
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  3. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. US-China Cooperation Remains Possible
  4. Shashi Tharoor Might Modi Lose?

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  3. Sania Nishtar Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More
  4. Rachel Glennerster The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

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  1. Ian Buruma The Privileged Gaza Protesters
  2. Nancy Qian What TikTok Got Wrong About America
  3. Jodie Ginsberg Our Freedoms Depend on Press Freedom
  4. Carsten Brosda Must Democratizing the Media Be Bad for Democracy?

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Anne O. Krueger The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis
  2. Jayati Ghosh The Key to Transforming African Health
  3. Ishac Diwan, et al. Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Jodie Ginsberg Our Freedoms Depend on Press Freedom
  2. Carsten Brosda Must Democratizing the Media Be Bad for Democracy?
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  1. Rachel Glennerster The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need
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  3. Helen Clark, et al. Delivering the Pandemic Accord the World Needs