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The Fractured Superpower

What no one should ignore is that U.S. states have the power as well as the motivation to both challenge Washington and shape the global policy agenda.

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By Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Published on Sep 6, 2022

Foreign Affairs

About the Author

Tino Cuellar
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar

Former Carnegie President (2021-2026)

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar was previously the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he has served three U.S. presidential administrations at the White House and in federal agencies, and was the Stanley Morrison Professor at Stanford University, where he held appointments in law, political science, and international affairs and led the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

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    Prevention Beats Nonproliferation: Addressing the Risks of Mirror Life
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Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Former Carnegie President (2021-2026)
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
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