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Would an Honorable President Please Stand Up?

Would an Honorable President Please Stand Up?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (C) with U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a joint ratification of the Paris climate change agreement at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou on Sept. 3, 2016. How Hwee Young/AFP/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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How would America’s stature be in the world, and among Americans, if men of true honor stood as presidential candidates in 2024? How much greater would our global leadership be? Imagine a modern-day Ronald W. Reagan standing against a contemporary John F. Kennedy. There would be policy disagreements, speeches about the highest of American principles across both parties, and respectful debates about U.S. values, sprinkled with humor.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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