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Maciej Kisilowski

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Maciej Kisilowski is Associate Professor of Law and Strategy at Central European University in Vienna.

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  1. Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win
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    Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

    Oct 2, 2024 Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.

  2. Impunity for Authoritarians Fuels Political Violence
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    Impunity for Authoritarians Fuels Political Violence

    Jul 23, 2024 Maciej Kisilowski explains why allowing corrupt leaders to evade justice can stoke public fear and discontent.

  3. How Poland Won Back Its Democracy
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    How Poland Won Back Its Democracy

    Nov 6, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski highlights five critical factors that propelled the country’s anti-populist opposition to victory.

  4. Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?
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    Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?

    Oct 16, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski worries that the populist Law and Justice party will abuse its power to subvert the election result.

  5. Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Oct 2, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

     explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

     explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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