Nathan Gardels
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Chile’s experience shows both the pitfalls and promise of direct democracy.
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Simultaneous climate calamity brings the whole Earth into focus.
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The history he sought to end did not live up to his hopes.
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A convergence of breaking points demands choices about the future.
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The challenge to open societies today comes from all sides.
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AI takes its place among and may conjoin with other multiple intelligences.
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Consensus on national security is a double-edged sword.
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Henry Kissinger’s new book on leadership highlights the vacuum.
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Technology can expand the short-term horizon of our Paleolithic survival instinct.
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Will American democracy commit suicide like all others before it?
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Citizens’ panels show a way forward.
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A geo-civilizational order can’t survive without cooperation.
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Recalling the Italian futurists’ embrace of aggressive disruption.
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The former U.S. secretary of state says that Russia-China alignment won’t last.
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