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    The New Middle East War

    Richard Haass

    It is too early to offer a definitive assessment of the success of Israel's airstrikes. That assessment will depend on several factors, beginning with the extent and consequences of the damage, how much time Iran would need to rebuild what it has lost, and how deeply Iran’s military and nuclear leadership have been disrupted.

     thinks the latest chapter in the conflict-torn Middle East is just beginning.
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    The Twilight of US Global Influence

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    PS editors, Timothy Snyder, Jill Kastner, William C. Wohlforth, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Richard Haass, Jan-Werner Mueller

    While US President Donald Trump focuses on elevating and enriching himself, he is also actively dismantling the underpinnings of American power. This might be lost on his supporters – at least for now – but it is abundantly obvious to the rest of the world, especially America’s enemies.

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    How AI Will Disrupt Big Tech

    Charles Ferguson explains how emerging tools could upend entrenched incumbents, with Google and Amazon especially vulnerable.
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    Lessons From the Trump-Musk Feud

    Carla Norrlöf shows how the recent high-profile spat underscored the supremacy of state power.
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    Can the Conference on Financing for Development Succeed?

    Jayati Ghosh thinks that countries can lay the groundwork for an overhaul of the international financial architecture.
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    Europe’s Hard Road to Strategic Sovereignty

    Shlomo Ben-Ami poses some of the questions the EU will have to address in devising a credible defense strategy.
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    The Freedom Struggle at Harvard Began Over a Century Ago

    Judith Friedlander recalls the ignoble response of most US university leaders to past episodes of political repression.
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    Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business

    Jonathan Hall shows why the future still belongs to climate-conscious brands, regardless of any country’s policy shifts.
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    ASEAN+3 in a Fragmenting World

    Hoe Ee Khor & Jae Young Lee urge the region to lead by example, by maintaining its commitment to open markets and rules-based governance.
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  1. The New Middle East War
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    The New Middle East War

    Jun 14, 2025 Richard Haass thinks the latest chapter in the conflict-torn Middle East is just beginning.

  2. Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business
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    Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business

    Jun 13, 2025 Jonathan Hall shows why the future still belongs to climate-conscious brands, regardless of any country’s policy shifts.

  3. The Freedom Struggle at Harvard Began Over a Century Ago
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    The Freedom Struggle at Harvard Began Over a Century Ago

    Jun 13, 2025 Judith Friedlander recalls the ignoble response of most US university leaders to past episodes of political repression.

  4. Lessons From the Trump-Musk Feud
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    Lessons From the Trump-Musk Feud

    Jun 13, 2025 Carla Norrlöf shows how the recent high-profile spat underscored the supremacy of state power.

  5. How AI Will Disrupt Big Tech
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    How AI Will Disrupt Big Tech

    Jun 13, 2025 Charles Ferguson explains how emerging tools could upend entrenched incumbents, with Google and Amazon especially vulnerable.

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    How AI Will Disrupt Big Tech

    Charles Ferguson

    Today’s tech giants, built on decades-old product architectures, could soon be overtaken by more agile, AI-native challengers. From Google’s search empire to Amazon’s retail dominance, the industry’s longtime leaders are losing ground faster than anyone could have anticipated.

     explains how emerging tools could upend entrenched incumbents, with Google and Amazon especially vulnerable.
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    The Bonfire of the Banking Regulators?

    Willem H. Buiter proposes radical reform of America’s complex, often chaotic supervisory regime – and the system it oversees.
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    Why US Democracy Is Failing – and How to Restore It

    Mordecai Kurz argues that four decades of technological change and free-market public policy fueled an inevitable backlash.
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    The Tragedy of Emmanuel Macron

    Jean-Baptiste Wautier explains how a once-promising leader failed to realize his ambitions and unwittingly fueled extremism.
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    The Green Key to Germany’s Economic Recovery

    Gernot Wagner examines the complexities of the country's most consequential policy challenge: sky-high electricity costs.
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    The Twilight of Bretton Woods

    Giancarlo Corsetti charts the decline of multilateral cooperation and the resurgence of protectionist trade policies.

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    Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business

    Jonathan Hall shows why the future still belongs to climate-conscious brands, regardless of any country’s policy shifts.
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    Green Crime Goes Global

    Robert Muggah & Ilona Szabó highlights the alarming scale of the problem and describes the coordinated global response it demands.
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    Rethinking Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

    Rola Dashti, et al. explain why a uniform levy on emissions-intensive imports threatens the legitimacy of global climate action.

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  1. Landry Signé Africa’s Creative Boom
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