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Kent Harrington

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Kent Harrington, a former senior CIA analyst, served as national intelligence officer for East Asia, chief of station in Asia, and the CIA’s director of public affairs.

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  1. Spy vs. Spy
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    Spy vs. Spy

    Aug 29, 2023 Kent Harrington asks whether the West is repeating Cold War mistakes when it comes to Chinese intelligence activities.

  2. Xi Jinping’s Russian Albatross
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    Xi Jinping’s Russian Albatross

    Jul 14, 2023 Kent Harrington show why China's “no limits” partnership with Russia has become a liability it cannot throw off.

  3. What Do America’s Spies Really Think About China?
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    What Do America’s Spies Really Think About China?

    Mar 20, 2023 Kent Harrington thinks the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment should have delved deeper on the issue.

  4. The Conspiracy Congress
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    The Conspiracy Congress

    Feb 8, 2023 Kent Harrington explains how House Republicans’ bogus investigations will undermine US democracy and national security.

  5. Trump’s Blackmail Defense
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    Trump’s Blackmail Defense

    Aug 22, 2022 Kent Harrington notes that prosecuting the mishandling of top-secret information comes with unique challenges.

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    Ukraine Is Far From Doomed

    Tatyana Deryugina & Anastassia Fedyk

    When comparing Ukraine’s situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible. But it will require the West, and the US in particular, to put aside domestic political squabbles and muster the political will to provide Ukraine with consistent and robust military and financial assistance.

     compare Russia's full-scale invasion to World War II and see reason to hope – as long as aid keeps flowing.
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    The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

    Rachel Glennerster urges multilateral development banks to establish mechanisms that enable at-risk vaccine purchases.
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    The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis

    Anne O. Krueger urges developed countries to back efforts by the IMF and the World Bank to promote growth-enhancing reforms.
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    Why the EU’s New Migration Pact Matters

    Ana Palacio applauds the pragmatic coalition-building, especially by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, that enabled the deal.
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    AI Needs UN Oversight

    Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for the creation of a watchdog – similar to the IAEA – that employs a human rights-based approach.
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    The West Is Hastening Its Own Decline

    Brahma Chellaney argues that the unprecedented US and European sanctions against Russia are backfiring.
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    Canceling Palestine

    Slavoj Žižek

    Current debates about Israeli policy are rife with double standards, leading to absurd decisions like Germany’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestinian gathering. By quashing legitimate speech and assembly, an Israel-aligned establishment risks inciting precisely the kind of anti-Semitism that it wants to prevent.

     worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.
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    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.
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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.

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