Month: August 2024

How Everything Became National Security: And National Security Became Everything (Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs)

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Since when did everything become a matter of national security? “From climate change to ransomware to personal protective equipment to critical minerals to artificial intelligence, everything is national security now,” writes the political scientist Daniel Drezner in the upcoming issue of Foreign Affairs.  But while it is true that the number of unconventional threats to the United States …

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Summer 2024 Hoover Digest (Hoover Institution)

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THE ECONOMY 9 Good Job, FedWhen the Federal Reserve started paying interest on itsreserves, economists worried that the practice could lead toinstability and other problems. Instead, it proved a success—and may have staved off a recession. By John H. Cochrane ISRAEL AND THE MIDEAST 14 Requiem for a Grand StrategyMere months ago, American foreign policy …

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Canceling Palestine (SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK, Project Syndicate)

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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. LJUBLJANA – It is only April, but we already have a good …

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Accountability Holds the Key to Restoring Trust in Democracy (Anat R. Admati, Project Syndicate)

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With resources that often exceed those of government agencies, corporations increasingly resort to deception and manipulation to maximize their profits, thereby undermining the public interest. Rebuilding trust in democratic institutions depends on our ability to see through corporate-friendly narratives. STANFORD – In oppressive regimes, where speaking the truth can result in punishment, rulers often convince citizens to …

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Voting Rights Milestones in America: A Timeline (Lesley Kennedy)

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Through the decades, the right to vote in the U.S. has seen a massive change and expansion. Since America’s founding days, when voting was limited to white male property owners, to the transformative Voting Rights Act of 1965, to sweeping voting process reform introduced in the early 2000s, the right to vote in U.S. elections has seen …

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