Bruce Ackerman is professor of law and political
science at Yale University.
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Bruce Ackerman
US President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the 25th Anniversary Freedom Day Event in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first partly-free parliamentary elections in the Royal Square in Warsaw, Poland on June 4, 2014. Adopting the mantle of 'leader of the West' Obama hailed Poland for building a thriving democracy 25 years after elections which fractured communism as part of a European tour dedicated to bolstering NATO defenses and resolve. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
OSAKA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 04: Japanese Prime Minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe speaks to voters from the roof of a campaign bus during an election campaign rally at street on December 4, 2014 in Osaka, Japan. The focal points of the election on December 14 are economic programs, the postponement of a consumption tax hike, a re-interpretation of the constitution on collective self-defense, and the future of nuclear energy. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)