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Garry Kasparov: The UN Is Broken

The Institution has been a boon to dictators. It’s time for something new.
Garry Kasparov Answers Your Questions

An AMA with RDI’s founder and chairman, former world chess champion, and Russian dissident. 1. Why are you on Twitter/X? I don’t like to use it because of the trash it tries to make me view. One of the only…
The Danger of a New Manifest Destiny

On Monday, Donald Trump started his second term as President of the United States. Without wasting any time, Trump withdrew from a number of America’s international commitments. America said goodbye to the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement on…

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“Fighting for democracy and freedom is part of what you commit your life to achieving, not because you are guaranteed success, but because precisely you are not. It is not a job, it is a calling”

Evan Mawarire

Frontline Fellow, Zimbabwe

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Garry Kasparov: The UN Is Broken

Garry Kasparov Answers Your Questions

The Danger of a New Manifest Destiny