Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Roger Bate

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Roger Bate is a Brownstone Fellow, Senior Fellow at the International Center for Law and Economics, Board member of Africa Fighting Malaria, and Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.
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Trump’s withdrawal from 66 organizations

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When the Trump administration announced its withdrawal from, and defunding of, 66 international organizations and treaty bodies on January 7th, much of the media...

How a techno-optimist became a grave skeptic

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Before Covid, I would have described myself as a technological optimist. New technologies almost always arrive amid exaggerated fears. Railways were supposed to cause mental...

They’ve learned nothing — because that would expose too much

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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has finally released the core political chapters of its long-awaited report. After nearly three years of hearings, millions of documents, and...

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