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Institutions & Governance
Institutions, the rule of law, public policy and regional governance.
The Institutions & Governance section examines the rule of law, public policy and regional architectures. It connects institutional quality with economic and political trajectories.
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Peter Thiel: Power, Technology and the Revolt of Silicon Valley’s Elites
Peter Thiel: Power, Technology and the Revolt of Silicon Valley’s Elites
Peter Thiel is difficult to fit into a single category. Entrepreneur, investor, billionaire, libertarian intellectual, political donor, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Facebook’s first major outside investor and a central figure at Founders Fund, he simultaneously belongs to t
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Donald J. Trump: America Redefined
Donald J. Trump is no longer an anomaly in American politics. Ten years after his emergence at the forefront of national political life, he has become one of its principal architects. First elected in 2016, defeated in 2020, returned to power in 2024 and inaugurated on January 20
Bonnie & Clyde: Behind the Myth, America in the Great Depression
Introduction — Two Criminals Who Became an American Legend They died young, together, on a road in Louisiana. Bonnie Parker was 23. Clyde Barrow was 25. On May 23, 1934, six lawmen were waiting for them near Gibsland, in Bienville Parish. When the Ford V8 driven by Clyde slowed d
Cuba: From Revolution to the Search for a New Model
Between Revolutionary Legacy, Economic Constraints and Geopolitical Realignment On January 1, 1959, the revolutionary forces entered Havana, marking one of the defining political events of the twentieth century. The Cuban Revolution reshaped not only the future of a Caribbean isl
Javier Milei and Argentina: A Political and Economic Laboratory of the 21st Century
Since his election in November 2023, Javier Milei has become one of the world's most closely watched political leaders. An economist by training, media personality, and outspoken advocate of a minimal state and free-market principles, Milei campaigned as the complete opposite of