Human Rights

The apocalypse is dead. Sort of…Dystopian fiction used to speculate about the termination or subversion of our world. Nowadays, however, the dystopia is in our newspapers (Arjuna Keshvani-Ham)

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My news feed has been full of headlines about the end of the world. “Is war coming to Korea?” “Putin: Nukes in Ukraine?” Even: “Netanyahu may use THESE THREE WEAPONS to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities!” And yet: there’s something about the threat of nuclear war that doesn’t feel real. Among my parents’ generation, the threat …

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Global order: Which principles should shape our future? (Doha Debates)

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Today, the global order is facing challenges from shifting power and ongoing conflicts around the world. In this moment of rapid change, our latest town hall sought to examine the competing values and principles that underpin our societies—and uncover fundamental truths about which philosophical building blocks are most essential to building a better, more equitable …

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The Trouble With “the Global South”: What the West Gets Wrong About the Rest (Comfort Ero)

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Not so long ago, policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals gave little apparent thought to the possibility that the rest of the world might hold opinions distinct from their own. There were some exceptions: governments that the West deemed “good partners”—in other words, those willing to advance U.S. and Western security or economic interests—continued …

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2024 ANNUAL REPORT: Ideas Advancing Freedom (Hoover Institution)

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This past year saw a host of global challenges converging across societies and governments, with each navigating an environment of profound technological change. In the geopolitical domain, we continued to witness a return to great-power competition; to confront it requires knowledge of how we got here as well as a deep understanding of the technological …

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Israel on the Legal Battlefield: Why an International Court’s “War Crimes” Charge is Misguided.

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Lawfare—using litigation to upend political leaders and causes—is suddenly prominent in both the United States and Israel. Indeed, the current corruption trial in Tel Aviv involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is cut from the same cloth as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s bid to upend Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations. Both men face charges for events that …

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An Evenhanded Analysis of Trump’s Economic Policies (Mickey D. Levy)

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Expect offsetting impacts of deregulation, lower tax rates, and tariffs—but also great uncertainty. Assessments of the impacts of President-elect Trump’s economic policies are just as polarized as the political arguments of the recent campaign. Trump’s detractors provide deeply negative economic estimates of his policy statements on tariffs and immigration. The Trump camp sees only clear …

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