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Bruce Ackerman

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Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, is the author of Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law (Harvard University Press, 2019), which includes a chapter devoted to Iranian political development during the past century.

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  1. Middle East Peace and the US Election
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    Middle East Peace and the US Election

    Jul 22, 2024 Bruce Ackerman sees the arrival of a moderate Iranian president as an electoral opportunity for the Democrats.

  2. The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case
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    The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case

    Jul 2, 2024 Bruce Ackerman argues that the US Supreme Court should have followed the approach defended by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

  3. Iran’s Election Could Bring Lasting Middle-East Peace
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    Iran’s Election Could Bring Lasting Middle-East Peace

    Jun 26, 2024 Bruce Ackerman urges the US to respond constructively if opposition candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins the presidency.

  4. America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age
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    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Apr 23, 2024 Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.

  5. Welfare for Wagner?

    Welfare for Wagner?

    May 25, 1998 Bruce Ackerman

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    The End of Georgia’s European Dream?

    Salome Samadashvili

    Initial evidence suggests that the victory of the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party in the recent parliamentary election reflects widespread fraud. If the West fails to support democratic opposition parties in challenging the results, Georgia’s 30-year-old democracy could come to an end.

     urges Western leaders to take steps to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.
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    Belarus in the Dock

    Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė & Aarif Abraham explain why Lithuania is requesting an International Criminal Court investigation into its neighbor.
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    Where Financial Innovation Meets Sustainable Development

    Jordan Schwartz explains why new instruments must be standardized and integrated into developing countries’ economic policies.
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    No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment

    Robert Z. Lawrence explains why there is no going back to the heyday of middle-class factory jobs for low-skilled workers.
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    Is Political Polling Broken?

    Michael A. Bailey urges pollsters to stop thinking in terms of random samples and instead focus on diagnosing non-response bias.
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    Don’t Dismiss the BRICS

    Joschka Fischer thinks it would be a serious mistake for Western strategists to ignore the bloc and what it represents.
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.
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    Japan’s Electoral Stalemate

    Takatoshi Ito considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.

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