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Noëlle Lenoir

Noëlle Lenoir

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Noëlle Lenoir, a former French minister for Europe, is an honorary justice of the French Constitutional Court.

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  1. Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?
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    Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?

    Mar 7, 2024 Noëlle Lenoir sees legal precedents for trying those accused of complicity in Hamas’s October 7 attack.

  2. Fighting Big Lies
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    Fighting Big Lies

    May 26, 2022 Noëlle Lenoir sees the need for stronger legal action against malicious disinformation and those who spread it.

  3. Time for European Defense Autonomy
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    Time for European Defense Autonomy

    Nov 18, 2019 Noëlle Lenoir calls on EU leaders to stop dithering and get to work forming a common army and security strategy.

  4. France’s Big Hate
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    France’s Big Hate

    Mar 1, 2019 Noëlle Lenoir advocates severe punishment for the violent extremists who have hijacked the Yellow Vest movement.

  5. Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Free Speech
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    Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Free Speech

    Apr 13, 2018 Noëlle Lenoir worries that accusations of racism are being used to stifle criticism of radical Islam.

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    The Fragile Fraternity of China and Russia

    Nina L. Khrushcheva doubts that two countries with such diverging interests will be able to build a lasting partnership.
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    The Global Economy Is More Vulnerable Than It Seems

    Bertrand Badré & Yves Tiberghien identify five factors driving a potentially catastrophic trend toward fragmentation.
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    The Myth of Central-Bank Independence

    Robert Skidelsky

    The Bank of England’s failure to respond effectively to the worst inflation in four decades underscores the need to abandon the outdated notion that fiscal and monetary policy can be kept separate. If governments are to be held responsible for investment and employment, they should also control interest rates.

    thinks the time has come to transfer power from technocrats back to elected officials.
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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
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    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.

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