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Jorge G. Castañeda

Jorge G. Castañeda

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Jorge G. Castañeda, a former foreign minister of Mexico, is a professor at New York University and the author of America Through Foreign Eyes (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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  1. The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro
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    The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro

    Oct 11, 2024 Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.

  2. Mexican Voters Chose Populism Over Democracy
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    Mexican Voters Chose Populism Over Democracy

    Jun 7, 2024 Jorge G. Castañeda warns that the ruling party’s near-supermajority could allow it to consolidate power in the executive branch.

  3. From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America
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    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Apr 18, 2024 Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.

  4. Mexico’s Democracy Is at Stake in 2024
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    Mexico’s Democracy Is at Stake in 2024

    Jan 17, 2024 Jorge G. Castañeda warns that the presidential election in June could end a generation-long trend of transfers of peaceful power.

  5. Allende’s Shadow in Today’s Chile
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    Allende’s Shadow in Today’s Chile

    Sep 8, 2023 Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami consider how the failed “road to socialism,” cut short by Pinochet’s coup, still reverberates 50 years later.

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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present our second session from COP29, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.
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    The World’s Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

    Glenda Gray urges the international community to help African countries prevent infant deaths from treatable infections.
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    How Trump Did It

    Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.

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    The Big Picture

    PS editors
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    Capitalism Is Driving Democracy’s Death Spiral

    Katharina Pistor argues that the financialization of the global economy has come at the expense self-governance.
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    What Germany’s Next Government Must Do

    Helmut K. Anheier argues that whoever wins the upcoming snap election must make progress in four key areas.
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    To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump

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    By voting for Republican candidates, working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security. The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.

     urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.
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    What If Trump Keeps His Promises?

    Kaushik Basu warns that the president-elect’s proposed trade policies will erode America’s competitiveness.

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