authoritarianism
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The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem
By Peter Schwartzstein Getting environmental officials to expound on their countries’ crises can be futile in much of the Middle East and North Africa (and well beyond). These officials might not want to talk about pollution because they have no plan – or wherewithal – to tackle it. It can be difficult to draw them…
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Statement From The Council On Strategic Risks: Black Lives Matter
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) recognizes the extraordinary strains on the U.S. democratic system today, which were laid bare viscerally and tragically by the murder of George Floyd, threats of the use of military force against American citizens, and other troubling developments. These strains on our society—driven by systemic racism and xenophobia, the legitimization of…