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  1. bremmer31_Justin SullivanGetty Images_biden Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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    Biden or Plan B?

    Ian Bremmer explains the nature and stakes of the perfect political storm now consuming the Democratic Party.
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    The Supreme Court Is Shaking America’s Fiscal Foundations

    Aziz Huq sounds the alarm about a dangerous trend in US constitutional law that is showing no signs of abating.
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    The Global Implications of Iran’s Election

    Ana Palacio considers what a victory for the reformist candidate might mean for regional and international stability.
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    No Class War From Britain’s Most Working-Class Government

    Aaron Reeves & Sam Friedman

    Labour leader Keir Starmer’s incoming cabinet has more people of working-class origin than any British cabinet that came before it, and this remarkable feature will surely bear on policymaking. However, various countervailing forces will moderate any latent impulse to veer sharply to the left.

     explain how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Labour’s cabinet members will, and will not, bear on policymaking.
  6. buruma215_ Octavio JonesGetty Images_trump supporters Octavio Jones/Getty Images
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    Democracy, What Democracy?

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s supporters have a different understanding of government by the people.
  7. basu103_Ian ForsythGetty Images_polling station uk Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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    Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment

    Kaushik Basu explains why increased public infrastructure investment is needed to improve the country’s economic prospects.
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    Nicaragua’s Downward Spiral

    María Fernanda Bozmoski argues that the exile of the reigning Miss Universe reflects the country’s descent into authoritarianism.
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    Britain’s Dangerous Migration Fixation

    Antara Haldar argues that failed Tory policies, not migrants, are undermining the economy’s future prospects.
  1. bremmer31_Justin SullivanGetty Images_biden Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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    Biden or Plan B?

    Ian Bremmer explains the nature and stakes of the perfect political storm now consuming the Democratic Party.
  2. kaletsky78_Christopher FurlongGetty Images_keir Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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    Britain's “Change Election” Changes Nothing

    Anatole Kaletsky explains why the biggest electoral upheaval in UK history will have limited economic and political effects.
  3. ahuq4_Aaron SchwartzXinhua via Getty Images_supreme court Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images
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    The Supreme Court Is Shaking America’s Fiscal Foundations

    Aziz Huq sounds the alarm about a dangerous trend in US constitutional law that is showing no signs of abating.
  4. roubini188_ Artur WidakNurPhoto via Getty Images_marinelepen Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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    Would the French Far Right Moderate Once in Power?

    Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
  5. palacio159_Morteza NikoubazlNurPhoto via Getty Images_election Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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    The Global Implications of Iran’s Election

    Ana Palacio considers what a victory for the reformist candidate might mean for regional and international stability.
  6. reeves1_OLI SCARFFAFP via Getty Images_uk election OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images
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    No Class War From Britain’s Most Working-Class Government

    Aaron Reeves & Sam Friedman

    Labour leader Keir Starmer’s incoming cabinet has more people of working-class origin than any British cabinet that came before it, and this remarkable feature will surely bear on policymaking. However, various countervailing forces will moderate any latent impulse to veer sharply to the left.

     explain how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Labour’s cabinet members will, and will not, bear on policymaking.
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    The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

    Carla Norrlöf

    If Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the world’s other large oil producers were to shift away from settling their oil trade in dollars, the implications for other commodity markets, global trade patterns, and financial stability would be enormous. But how plausible is this scenario in the foreseeable future?

     considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars.
  8. buruma215_ Octavio JonesGetty Images_trump supporters Octavio Jones/Getty Images
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    Democracy, What Democracy?

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s supporters have a different understanding of government by the people.
  9. basu103_Ian ForsythGetty Images_polling station uk Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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    Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment

    Kaushik Basu explains why increased public infrastructure investment is needed to improve the country’s economic prospects.

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