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.@Pontifex is not the first pope to call out an empire that has lost its way. John Paul II did the same vis-à-vis the Soviet Union, Harold James observes. bit.ly/4n35ysJ

If you are a university president who has preemptively kowtowed to the Trumpists, you have already failed in your duties, Jan-Werner Mueller argues. bit.ly/4t41ppK

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, @CarlaNorrlof warns that press freedom is eroding not through overt censorship, but through something more subtle: the weakening of journalism’s ability to translate facts into accountability. When truth no longer produces consequences, democratic decay becomes less visible —but more entrenched. bit.ly/4w5iPF9

The US recognizes that to win the global AI-adoption race, AI diplomacy must be a core instrument of statecraft. This makes India not a junior partner, but a strategic multiplier, @Ylli_Bajraktari and @d_jaishankar explain. bit.ly/4tOvDym

Historian Sudhir Hazareesingh’s recent book offers a rich, nuanced account of how enslaved Africans carried practices of resistance across the Atlantic, reshaping Western liberalism, says @LSEnews’ Jake Subryan Richards. bit.ly/4ulwvu0

The US recognizes that to win the global AI-adoption race, AI diplomacy must be a core instrument of statecraft. This makes India not a junior partner, but a strategic multiplier, @Ylli_Bajraktari and @d_jaishankar explain. bit.ly/3PcWmFG

Hungary and Mexico have major differences, from their economic structures to their geopolitical circumstances. But both have seen the gradual substitution of institutional pluralism with centralized authority, notes Guillermo Ortiz. bit.ly/4eWdnyh

Despite growing concerns about redemptions and limited transparency, extending bank-style regulation to private credit is not the answer, says @Stanford's @AmitSeru. bit.ly/49amZ4P

.@AshokLavasa and @AsthanaRoli (@ChathamHouse) urge countries to follow the Asian model of economic diplomacy, which balances international engagement with domestic capacity-building. bit.ly/4mUtZZe

Although the challenges facing today’s America are quite different from those facing the late Soviet Union, there are some striking parallels, notes Harold James. bit.ly/4n35ysJ

The true radicalism of anti-slavery resistance lies beyond legal emancipation, in decentralized fugitive communities that rejected coercive states and capitalist economies, argues @LSEnews’ Jake Subryan Richards. bit.ly/4ulwvu0

Using Hungary's experience as a guide, Guillermo Ortiz considers how Mexico's democratic backsliding under President @Claudiashein will end. bit.ly/4eWdnyh

If confirmed as @federalreserve chair, Kevin Warsh will need to update the Fed’s tools for a rapidly changing financial system in which a growing share of credit is created outside traditional banking, argues @Stanford's @AmitSeru. bit.ly/49amZ4P

Integrating Indian talent into US-led ecosystems is the only way for American firms to maintain their edge against a competitor that views technology as a tool of state control rather than individual empowerment, @Ylli_Bajraktari and @d_jaishankar argue. bit.ly/3PcWmFG

No bilateral relationship is more consequential to the future of the digital world order than the one between the United States and India, @Ylli_Bajraktari and @d_jaishankar write. bit.ly/4tOvDym

Lacking a kill switch, governments can take two steps to prepare for AI-enabled attacks: effective coordination and basic rules for information sharing, says @BlavatnikSchool’s @NgaireWoods. bit.ly/49k0UAP

The @WorldBankGroup's recent embrace of industrial policy was long overdue. But new conclusions do not automatically produce new economics, @MazzucatoM and @LaraMerling caution. bit.ly/4un8ymf

Conservative anti-university crusaders would like us to forget that the university’s core commitment is to academic freedom, not to the maximization of free speech on campus, notes Jan-Werner Mueller. bit.ly/4t41ppK

The most sustainable solution for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is to institutionalize the arrangement in which Iran, coordinating with the Gulf states, guarantees safe transit for a fee, Massoud Karshenas, @HPesaran, and Ron Smith write. bit.ly/4n96vQq

Europe’s pension funds are among the largest untapped sources of funding for scaling critical industries, notes @LBS’s Paolo Surico. bit.ly/42DBfzj