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Agata Sagan

Agata Sagan

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Agata Sagan is an independent researcher living in Warsaw, working on ethics and the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union.

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  1. What Is Your Moral Plan for 2021?
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    What Is Your Moral Plan for 2021?

    Dec 30, 2020 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan encourage New Year's resolutions that focus on becoming a better person, not just a better eater or saver.

  2. Beyond the Traditional Family
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    Beyond the Traditional Family

    Mar 5, 2019 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan cast a critical eye on a document signed in February by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.

  3. Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough
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    Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough

    Jun 7, 2018 Agata Sagan & Peter Singer worry that most people don't know as much they should about their household companions.

  4. Do You Want to Be a Cyborg?
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    Do You Want to Be a Cyborg?

    May 16, 2017 Agata Sagan & Peter Singer defend people's right to implant cognition-enhancing devices in their brains.

  5. How Much Should Sex Matter?
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    How Much Should Sex Matter?

    Apr 13, 2012 Peter Singer & Agata Sagan

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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
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    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
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    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
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    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass

    Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Adviser, has expressed the view that 2025 could be the time for Ukraine to once again mount a counter-offensive against Russian troops. Given the strategic math, that would be a serious mistake.

    calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
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    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.
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    Russia’s Battle of the Ministries

    Nina L. Khrushcheva sees a high-ranking official's recent arrest as a sign of declining confidence in Vladimir Putin's leadership.
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    The “Billions to Trillions” Charade

    Jayati Ghosh

    Multilateral development banks and international financial institutions argue that mobilizing private investment is crucial to meeting developing economies’ needs for climate and development finance. But boosting government revenues is far more likely to generate the trillions of dollars needed to close these financing gaps.

    explains why using development banks' resources to incentivize private-sector finance is unlikely to succeed.
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    Leveraging Islamic Finance for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

    Muhammad Al Jasser shows how a hybrid financing model could help fund desperately needed projects in the developing world.
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    Adekeye Adebajo on the Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations peacekeeping, African institution-building, and more

    Adekeye Adebajo argues that Israel’s war in Gaza is accelerating the trend toward global apartheid, highlights the strengths and weaknesses of United Nations peacekeeping missions, criticizes the militarization of US engagement with Africa, and more.

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