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Jaswant Singh

The Road to Asian Unity

NEW DELHI – Asia’s lack of institutions to ameliorate regional tensions is often lamented. But greater Asian unity may be arising by the bac…
Robert Skidelsky

The Rise of the Robots

LONDON – What impact will automation – the so-called “rise of the robots” – have on wages and employment over the coming decades? Nowadays, …
Hans-Werner Sinn

The Collateral Damage of Europe’s Rescue

MUNICH – The eurozone is now in its sixth year of crisis – and of efforts by the European Central Bank and the international community to en…
Howard Davies

Financial Regulators’ Global Variety Show

PARIS – In the early phases of the financial crisis, it was fashionable to argue that the United States’ system of regulation needed a funda…

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Kemal Derviş Jun. 10, 2013

Taksim and the Left

ISTANBUL – The small park in Taksim Square in the sprawling metropolis of Istanbul is one of the few green spaces left in the city center. O…
Nina L. Khrushcheva Jun. 7, 2013

Vladimir Putin’s Potemkin Love Life

MOSCOW – From Russia with love? Not in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In recent days, Putin decided to reaffirm the Russian-Syrian geopolitical ma…
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan Jun. 4, 2013

Why Turkey is Rebelling

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s economy has been booming for a decade, earning praise not only from financial markets, but also from development economi…
Ana Palacio Jun. 3, 2013

The Misrule of Law

MADRID – Once upon a time, despots simply acted like despots. Nowadays, they dress up their dictatorships in the trappings of the rule of la…
Erik Berglof, Božidar Đelić Dec. 18, 2012

Emerging Europe’s Deleveraging Dilemma

LONDON – Serbia’s Tigar Corporation, a privatized automobile tire and tube maker, was a poster child for corporate makeovers in transition e…
Sergei Guriev, Aleh Tsyvinski Oct. 25, 2012

Sechin and the Commanding Heights?

MOSCOW – The decision by BP and the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP to sell their stakes to Russia’s state owned Rosneft crowns a very succes…
Anders Åslund Oct. 23, 2012

Ukraine’s Revolt of the Oligarchs

KYIV – Ukraine’s parliamentary election on October 28 will be neither free nor fair. After eight unproductive years since the 2004 Orange Re…
Anders Åslund Aug. 28, 2012

Putin’s Bad-Neighbor Policy

WASHINGTON, DC – Russia has shown itself to be an international spoiler with its ardent support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The co…
Timothy W. Waters Jul. 27, 2012

Never Again to Genocide Trials

HEIDELBERG – Rarely does one read such hopeful news: in late June, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acqu…
Lilia Shevtsova Jun. 26, 2012

Putin’s Ironic Potential

MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin’s recapture of the Russian presidency has been met with widespread derision, both at home and abroad. But the autocr…

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