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Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
The Social Media Threat to Society and Security
George Soros
calls for global regulation of a growing menace to the public and the future of democracy.
Trump's Battered Presidency
Elizabeth Drew
examines why the dysfunction in the White House went from bad to worse in the space of a single week.
The Double Threat to Liberal Democracy
Dani Rodrik
argues that undemocratic liberalism is as much a threat as democratic illiberalism.
The Lessons of Black Monday
Barry Eichengreen
suggests that recent stock-market turbulence most closely resembles the huge one-day drop in October 1987.
Ending America's Disastrous Role in Syria
Jeffrey Sachs
urges the UN Security Council's permanent members to devise a new framework to end the bloodshed.
The Eurozone Island of Stability
Daniel Gros
suggests how European economies can strengthen their remarkable resilience against global volatility.
Europe's Poverty Time Bomb
Edoardo Campanella
calls attention to a slow-brewing crisis, particularly among the young, for which no quick fix exists.
Free Speech in the Filter Age
Alexandra Borchardt
defends Germany's Network Enforcement Act, arguing that hateful content on social media weakens free speech.
Three Keys to a New South Africa
Fred Phaswana
charts a course of national recovery to help the country turn the page on a decade of misrule.
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