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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 34–40.
Published: 01 June 2018
..., and other signs of his mentally disturbed persona have become central to the distancing mechanisms that Norwegians have adopted in the years since 2011. Norway now even has credentialed terrorism researchers and experts on right-wing extremism who claim that Breivik represents an “anomaly” in the overall...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 106–111.
Published: 01 June 2018
... and Yascha, thanks so much for agreeing to do this conversation. The theme of this issue is “megalomania,” which tends to evoke—at least right now—a handful of rising nationalist leaders around the world. We’re living in a peculiar moment in world history: The post-World War II order is under siege...
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World Policy Journal (2006) 23 (4): 64–69.
Published: 01 December 2006
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World Policy Journal (2009) 26 (4): 75–83.
Published: 01 December 2009
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World Policy Journal (2010) 27 (4): 67–73.
Published: 01 December 2010
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (3): 113–121.
Published: 01 September 2011
... is the constant starting point for all political systems, as we achieve higher incomes we make the transition to democracy.” Robertson’s team puts the maximum risk to autocratic regimes when per capita income in a nation tops $6,000. Tunisia topped that level in 2008. Right now, there are two Chinas we...
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Published: 01 June 2018
Centurion tanks, the main Israeli battle tanks in the 1973 war, have now become an Egyptian attraction. MONA ABO-ISSA Centurion tanks, the main Israeli battle tanks in the 1973 war, have now become an Egyptian attraction. / MONA ABO-ISSA More
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 55–60.
Published: 01 December 2016
...Tania Karas An EU-Turkey deal intended to stem the flow of migrants to Europe has turned Greece's islands into de facto open-air prisons. Meanwhile, right-wing sentiment is now growing in regions heralded just a year ago for their selfless care of refugees, reports journalist Tania Karas. Greece...
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World Policy Journal (2006) 23 (4): 83–86.
Published: 01 December 2006
...Kanan Makiya This essay is adapted from a lecture at Hannah Arendt: Right Now, a conference co-sponsored by the NYU Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Council at NYU, in December 2006. © 2007 World Policy Institute 2007 World Policy Institute ...
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World Policy Journal (2007) 24 (3): 83–88.
Published: 01 September 2007
... as preoccupied with the way Western-Russian relations were headed. “We have not yet returned to the Cold War. But we can get into one,” he said quietly. “The danger looms over us. Two years ago it was impossible to think of this. Now it is possible.” We began our talk with Stalin. Like Arbatov, I am convinced...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 24–30.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Lauren Carasik Lawyer Lauren Carasik argues that the World Bank’s private-lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, has stoked a bloody land dispute in Honduras by funding the oligarch-owned agribusiness behind the violence. Now, with Carasik’s help, the Honduran farmers are taking...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 99–108.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Paul Hockenos Berlin’s gritty, inventive, do-it-yourself underside attracted droves of young, educated people. But now the tides of gentrification threaten the city’s quirky demeanor. World Policy Institute fellow Paul Hockenos explains how Berlin’s artists and residents are fighting back...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 21–25.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Ismail Einashe Britain’s “minimum income requirement” restricts citizens and legal residents who earn less than £18,600 ($24,000) from bringing their spouses from outside Europe to live with them. Journalist Ismail Einashe looks at the consequences of this threshold, advanced by now-Prime Minister...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 41–44.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Rafia Zakaria A new propaganda magazine unveiled this summer by the Pakistani Taliban targets an unexpected audience: women. Journalist Rafia Zakaria describes how the Taliban, who came to power on a promise to eliminate females from the public sphere, are now calling on girls and women to rebel...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 76–82.
Published: 01 September 2017
... to make a life for themselves in their unfamiliar homelands. She introduces us to Khe Khoeun, a former refugee now living with relatives in Cambodia, and describes how those with mental health problems are singularly ill-equipped to navigate America’s complicated immigration court system. Given...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 99–104.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Khadija Sharife World Policy Institute fellow Khadija Sharife investigates the tax avoidance strategies of one of the world’s biggest lottery corporations. While the company, GTech (now known as IGT), profits off the poor, it has shielded hundreds of millions in revenue from the tax man...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 71–79.
Published: 01 March 2016
...Jill Filipovic India’s ban on sex-selective abortions in 1994 was designed to increase gender equality and send the message that girls and women are valued in society. But the law has also come at a cost, according to Jill Filipovic . Many poor women now find that they can’t access second-trimester...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 105–111.
Published: 01 March 2016
...Sam Winter-Levy; Jacob Trefethen Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence will generate unprecedented opportunities, but they will also create hard-to-predict risks. Sam Winter-Levy and Jacob Trefethen argue that governments, universities, and private companies need to take notice now and begin...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 33–41.
Published: 01 March 2017
...Asher Schechter The far right in Israel largely celebrated Donald Trump's presidential triumph and believes it now has the latitude to enact some of its more controversial policies. Journalist Asher Schechter examines anti-democratic trends in Israel, and argues the right has yet to offer...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 55–59.
Published: 01 March 2017
...Masha Gessen Having spent over two decades analyzing Russia's slide into dictatorship, journalist Masha Gessen is now terrified of the damage President Donald Trump could do to democracy in the U.S. World Policy Journal spoke with Gessen about Putin, the media, and what citizens can do to protect...
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