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The Human-Rights Imperative

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  1. alton1_ Mark KerrisonIn Pictures via Getty Images_end genocide protest Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images
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    Who Should Decide If It’s Genocide?

    David Alton, et al. urge British policymakers to take a proactive approach to addressing mass-atrocity crimes.
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    The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza

    Graça Machel decries the humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave, and makes three demands of global decision-makers.
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  4. patten164_ JUSTIN TALLISAFP via Getty Images_hongkongsecuritylaw Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
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    China Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong

    Chris Patten condemns the latest attempt by the Communist Party’s puppet government to curb democratic freedoms.
  5. singer229_ Mustafa YalcinAnadolu Agency via Getty Images_echr Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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    Does Religious Freedom Trump Animal Welfare?

    Peter Singer assesses the European Court of Human Rights’ recent ruling on Belgian legislation regarding how meat may be produced.
  6. lenoir14_Karam HassanAnadolu via Getty Images_unrwa Karam Hassan/Anadolu via Getty Images
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    Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?

    Noëlle Lenoir sees legal precedents for trying those accused of complicity in Hamas’s October 7 attack.
  7. n2ahmed1_Chip SomodevillaGetty Images_lina khan Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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    Cracks in the New Gilded Age

    Nabil Ahmed finds glimmers of hope in the United States that pathways from oligarchy may be opening up.
  8. norrlof4_THOMAS COEXAFP via Getty Images_israelsettlements Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images
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    Settler Sanctions and the Liberal International Order

    Carla Norrlöf explains the importance of new US measures against individuals committing violence in the West Bank.
  9. op_michnik6_Omar MarquesGetty Images_tusk Omar Marques/Getty Images
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    The Redemocratization of Poland

    Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the challenges of overcoming eight years of populist misrule.
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    Banned By Germany

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Germany recently prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place in Berlin, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, Greece’s former finance minister, from entering the country. But the turn to repression is powerful evidence that the country’s pro-Israel political consensus is breaking down.

     sees in his case an effort to enforce with repression a pro-Israel political consensus that is breaking down.
  2. sheng147_ Annabelle ChihGetty Images_taiwansemiconductors Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
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    China Should Emulate Taiwan’s Tech Policies

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge the Chinese government to follow the island's lead by embracing the financialization of innovation.
  3. leonard100_CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSONPOOLAFP via Getty Images_macron CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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    The Macron Moment

    Mark Leonard thinks the French president has the capability to provide the strategic leadership that Europe needs.
  4. lshuo1_Ryan PyleCorbis via Getty Images_china coal Ryan Pyle/Corbis via Getty Images
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    Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?

    Li Shuo & Lauri Myllyvirta explain why the country’s emissions-reduction plan for 2035 could accelerate the fight against global warming.
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    Alison LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more

    Alison L. LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more.
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    America’s Frustrating Search for a Soft Economic Landing

    Michael R. Strain warns that beating inflation in the United States will likely require an increase in the unemployment rate.
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    Finishing the Job of Global Tax Cooperation

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a blueprint for ongoing negotiations toward a new convention to tax multinationals and the wealthy.
  8. rogoff248_ Jemal CountessGetty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation_debt Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
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    The End of Magical Debt Thinking

    Kenneth Rogoff welcomes economists’ recent reassessment of the costs and benefits of public borrowing.
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    The West Must Not Let Putin Win

    Chris Patten implores the US and Europe to continue supporting Ukraine’s fight for freedom with weapons and aid.

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