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Making Sense of Russia’s War Economy

CHICAGO – Two and a half years after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian economy seems like a...

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Konstantin Sonin

America’s Protectionist Policies Are Backfiring

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has adopted increasingly protectionist policies over the past few years, raising tariffs, revising or...

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Anne O. Krueger

Brazil’s Climate Push Must Start at Home

AMSTERDAM – Ever since Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office in 2023 and told the world that Brazil is “back on the...

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Savio Carvalho

The Bloody Path of Alberto Fujimori’s Neoliberalism

CAMBRIDGE – The script of Latin American politics too often reads like a “dictator novel,” and on September 11, another chapter drew to a close...

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Antara Haldar

The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces

TEL AVIV – Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is an event of historic proportions in the Middle East. As can be seen...

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

A Dangerous Dance for Israel and Iran

STANFORD – Iran and Israel have long been locked in a volatile confrontation – a cold war chronically in danger of turning hot. Weaponizing a...

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Abbas Milani

A New President and a Grim Legacy for Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Mexico has just inaugurated a new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the post. But her term begins under the...

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Enrique Krauze

Governance Reform Is Key to Reviving China’s Economy

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Angela Huyue Zhang

The Global Implications of China’s Stimulus Package

NEW YORK – The timing of China’s new stimulus package is not coincidental. Arriving just before the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic,...

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Shang-Jin Wei

Creating a “Goldilocks” Business Climate

WASHINGTON, DC – Whenever the odds seem stacked against human progress – when economic growth looks set to remain feeble, when too many...

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Indermit Gill

Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

VIENNA – Commentators have been unanimous in describing Sunday’s legislative election in Austria as a victory for the far-right Freedom Party...

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Maciej Kisilowski

Earthquakes in the Middle East

WASHINGTON, DC – The Middle East resembles nothing so much as an earthquake zone with multiple fault lines. This week, fighting increased sharply...

02.10.2024 1

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Richard Haass

The High Cost of Excluding Chinese Technology

MILAN – China is making sure it is ready for the transition to a sustainable economy. By investing heavily in green technologies and leveraging...

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Michael Spence

China’s Economy Needs a Stimulus Package

BEIJING – In January, shortly before the Chinese government set its annual growth target at 5%, I estimated that if net exports stopped...

02.10.2024 3

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Yu Yongding

The Lessons and Legacy of October 7

NEW YORK – One year ago, Hamas killed some 1,200 people – overwhelmingly civilians – in Israel and took more than 250 hostage. Since then,...

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Richard Haass

Putin’s Ukraine Magic

LJUBLJANA – I sometimes listen to podcasts about the secrets behind the best-known magic tricks (the three-shell game, mentalism, levitation),...

02.10.2024 4

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Slavoj Žižek

Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa

CAMBRIDGE – How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa’s sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable...

01.10.2024 8

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Kenneth Rogoff

Climate Change Is Making Us Sick

PARIS – In Australia, California, the Amazon, and many other places nowadays, red skies, glowing and thick with smoke and ash, have become...

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Paul Hudson

The Russian War Economy’s Days Are Numbered

STOCKHOLM – Since 2014, and especially since 2022, Russia’s economy has been subjected to severe international sanctions. Yet assessments of...

01.10.2024 8

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Anders Åslund

How Is the World Really Doing on the SDGs?

WASHINGTON, DC – Any reader of the daily news could be forgiven for thinking the world is in decline. Amid so many conflicts and societal strains,...

01.10.2024 10

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Homi Kharas

How to Reform the UN Security Council

NEW YORK – As world leaders convened in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, the prospect of reforming the Security Council emerged as...

30.09.2024 6

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Shang-Jin Wei

How to Mobilize Private Climate Finance

NEW YORK – Around the world, we are witnessing the devastating effects of changing temperatures. Droughts, floods, and sweltering heat are taking...

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Mette Frederiksen

Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

COLOMBO –Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s president, recently lost his re-election bid after voters overwhelmingly rejected the...

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C.p. Chandrasekhar

The Sources of Russian Conduct

MOSCOW – This is not strictly a review of Sergey Radchenko’s recent book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power ....

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Africa’s Food Security Depends on Adaptive Crops

NAIROBI – Africa’s food systems are facing myriad challenges, from climate shocks and low productivity to supply-chain disruptions and soil...

30.09.2024 3

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Agnes Kalibata

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