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‘I’m Haunted by What I Did’ as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department
“If, early on, the Justice Department lawyers charged with selling the administration’s lies had emptied the ranks...the work of defending President Trump’s policies would have been left to the types of attorneys now representing his campaign...judges would have likely dismantled the Trump facade from the beginning” (Erica Newland, 2020).
Why democracy failed in the Middle East
“The seeds of modern democracy have yet to be properly shown in the Arab world. The thirst among Arab citizens to choose their own rulers is as strong as it is elsewhere. What they need most is for independent institutions...to evolve without being in thrall to government” (The Economist, 2020).
China is Gnawing at Democracy's Roots Worldwide
“Thirty years on, the world, according to the Chinese Communist Party, is undergoing a once-in-a-century change that will turn the tide of global power from the West to the East, thus transforming the nature of post-World War II international order” (Vijay Gokhale, 2020).
Covid-19 Crackdowns: Police Abuse And The Global Pandemic
"This briefing brings together a variety of documented cases of human rights violations related to law enforcement and the COVID-19 pandemic in 60 countries in all regions of the world." (Amnesty International, 2020)
Was Merkel Right to Compromise With the Populists?
“For Ms. Merkel’s liberal critics, her compromise with the Hungarian and Polish leaders is emblematic of everything that is problematic with the European Union: a lack of vision, a focus on survival and a brutal realism. It amounts to betraying pro-European forces in Poland and Hungary” (Ivan Krastev, 2020).
Trump Didn't Break Our Democracy. But Did He Fatally Weaken It?
“The problem is we’ve been treating Mr. Trump’s attacks on democracy as if they are a pass-fail test. We should instead think of democracy as both damaged and resilient, like a forest after a powerful windstorm” (Susan D. Hyde and Elizabeth N. Saunders, 2020).
The Cost of Merkel's Surrender to Hungarian and Polish Extortion
“German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been laboring under enormous pressure to prevent a veto of the European Union's 2021-27 budget and COVID-19 recovery fund. But the compromise she reached with Hungary and Poland is the worst of all possible worlds” (George Soros, 2020).
A Chance to Repair the Cracks in Our Democracy
“Amid a worsening pandemic, a record number of voters in the United States elected Joseph R. Biden Jr. president, marking an end to the administration of Donald J. Trump. But President Trump had refused to commit himself to a peaceful transfer of presidential power even before he lost his bid for re-election” (Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2020).
Responding to Terrorism in France
“In the wake of two horrific incidents of Islamist terrorism in France, President Emmanuel Macron and many of his countrymen have reacted angrily to criticism from abroad suggesting that French policies, and especially the French version of state-enforced secularism, somehow contributed to the lethal radicalization of a sliver of the country’s large Muslim population” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
Cooperative Cooperation is Possible Between China and the U.S.
Regarding China and the U.S., “each side must accurately assess the other’s intentions. China does not want to replace U.S. dominance in the world. Nor does China need to worry about the United States changing China’s system...it would be a tragedy...if two countries of such power moved toward confrontation” (Fu Ying, 2020).
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