 Views & Opinions |
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Russia's transformation into China's vassal |
"Pundits have interpreted Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent visit to Moscow in one of two ways," argues political science professor Alexander J. Motyl. "As cementing an alliance between two great powers or as confirming Russia's transformation into China's junior partner." |
Motyl believes both sides may be right. "China's relationship with Russia has become stronger, while its unequal nature also has become more pronounced…" Russia's transformation into a vassal of China may be bad for Moscow, but Motyl argues that it would also be "harmful to Beijing's interests — in the short, medium and long terms." Russian President Vladimir Putin is erratic and may soon be ousted or weakened to the point of impotence, says Motyl, who teaches at Rutgers University - Newark. And if that happens, "Xi's judgment, and perhaps even legitimacy, could be questioned at home." "It's tempting to conclude that Xi may have committed a strategic blunder," he writes. "Perhaps he, like Putin, isn't quite the grandmaster in chess that he's reputed to be." Read Motyl's op-ed here. |
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College |
While pardoning one former president is surely different from indicting another, in our own unprecedented historical moment it is time for Republican leaders to be, like Gerald Ford, less concerned with the fate of one man and more attuned to doing "the very best … for America." |
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By Douglas Mackinnon, political consultant |
Both Trump and many in the left-leaning mainstream media fear that DeSantis indeed could become the party's nominee and perhaps go on to be elected president, so they're carpet-bombing the campaign ground now in a preemptive effort to weaken or cripple his chances. |
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By Douglas E. Schoen, former adviser to President Clinton |
No democracy is without flaws, including America's. Israel's imperfect democracy paved the way for Netanyahu's far-right government to come to power, just as America's enabled Donald Trump's ascendancy in 2016. And just as the American people rejected extremism and took their democracy back by electing Biden and ousting Trump, Israeli society is rising up to do the same. |
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By Enobong Hannah Branch and Caroline Hanley, university professors |
In the long run, the burnout that comes from piling extra work onto employees within the structure of a 40-hour workweek left unchecked by overtime pay protections backfires. Overwork can dampen productivity through employee disengagement and through poor health deriving from the effects of stress on the body. And that's what we're seeing in the labor market today. |
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