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Roland Rich, a former head of the UN Democracy Fund, is an associate teaching professor at Rutgers University and the author of The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World (Hamilton Books, 2022).

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  1. Is the UN Becoming Irrelevant?
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    Is the UN Becoming Irrelevant?

    Jun 10, 2024 Mark Malloch-Brown, et al. consider whether, and how, the world's premier multilateral forum can remain effective.

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    Nicaragua’s Downward Spiral

    María Fernanda Bozmoski argues that the exile of the reigning Miss Universe reflects the country’s descent into authoritarianism.
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    The Right Industrial Policy Is Knowledge Policy

    Tano Santos & Luigi Zingales outline a strategy for fostering the diffusion of innovation in a fragmented geopolitical environment.
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    Shenzhen’s Next Transformation

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng consider the future of a small fishing village that became a global innovation hub.
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    Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation

    Antara Haldar

    The central question in the United Kingdom's general election on July 4 is not whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should be allowed to pursue his immigration agenda. Instead, British voters must confront their country's post-imperial identity crisis, which has been exacerbated under Conservative rule.

     argues that failed Tory policies, not migrants, are undermining the economy’s future prospects.
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    The Promise of Centrism in a Polarized World

    Andrés Velasco & Yair Zivan defend a political stance that directly challenges today's populism of the right and left.
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    The Global Benefits of Reining in Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Power

    Karina Montoya & Daniel A. Hanley argue that the US antitrust lawsuit holds lessons for other jurisdictions in which the company operates.
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    The Trussing Hour

    Harold James worries that major elections this year could bring more fiscal irresponsibility and financial instability.
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    The Path Not Taken in Trump’s Immunity Case

    Bruce Ackerman

    The US Supreme Court has now ruled that the Constitution entitles former President Donald Trump to "presumptive immunity" from criminal prosecution for actions related to his effort to overturn the November 2020 election. There was no reason to go that far – as one conservative justice rightly saw.

     argues that the US Supreme Court should have followed the approach defended by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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    Social Justice Is the Best Policy

    Gilbert F. Houngbo & Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva think the principle should be brought to the center of all global policymaking efforts.

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