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Donald Tusk

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Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council, is Prime Minister of Poland.

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  1. A Light in the East
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    A Light in the East

    Sep 16, 2020 Donald Tusk interviewed by Sławomir Sierakowski about the democratic uprising in Belarus and its implications for Europe, Poland, and EU-Russia relations.

  2. Europe’s Values Are Its Best Defense
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    Europe’s Values Are Its Best Defense

    Jan 13, 2017 Donald Tusk warns that an internally broken EU will be incapable of rising to any of the challenges it faces.

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    False Economies

    William H. Janeway

    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

    highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

  3. wagner31_Westend61Getty Images_climatependulum Westend61/Getty Images

    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
  4. strain35_Christina HouseGettyImages_commencement_ceremony Christina House/Getty Images

    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
  5. posner38_Viktor SidorovGettyImages_un_flag Viktor Sidorov/Getty Images

    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.
  7. coral1_Mandel NganGettyImages_us_supreme_court Mandel Ngan/Getty Images

    Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned

    Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks.
  8. bandemehr1_The Boston GlobeGettyImages_X-ray fluorescence analyzer The Boston Globe/Getty Images

    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.
  9. aslund80_Natalia KolesnikovaGettyImages_russia_inflation Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty Images

    Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

    Anders Åslund thinks a weakening economy will soon become a serious constraint on Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

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