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Shadi Hamid's Notebook

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A newsletter committed to exploring how and why democracy produces "bad" outcomesโ€”and what to do about it. And other things that may or may not be completely unrelated to that.

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About Shadi Hamid

Columnist & Editorial Board member at The Washington Post. Co-founder of Wisdom of Crowds. My new book is THE PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY: http://amzn.to/3Q15rwC.

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