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Mahmoud Mohieldin

Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030…
Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Coming Atlantic Century

PRINCETON – The United States is rising; Europe is stabilizing; and both are moving closer together. That was the principal message earlier …
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…
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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Sergei Karaganov Mar. 4, 2013

Fatal Thaws

MOSCOW – During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and, in a milder way, the United States imposed external limits on the activities of states a…
Haruhiko Kuroda Feb. 18, 2013

India’s Growth Crossroads

MANILA – As the slowdown in the world’s major industrial economies drags on, growth in developing Asia is being affected. A serious burden w…
Yoon Young-kwan Jan. 29, 2013

The Asian Sleepwalkers

SEOUL – Whether East Asia’s politicians and pundits like it or not, the region’s current international relations are more akin to nineteenth…
Kishore Mahbubani Jan. 3, 2013

Dynastic Asia

SINGAPORE – To the extent that culture matters in politics, the recent spate of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian soc…
Jaswant Singh Dec. 22, 2012

Asia Adrift

NEW DELHI – The year 2012 began with festering Chinese sovereignty claims in the South and East China Seas, but also with hope that a code o…
Lee Jong-Wha Dec. 5, 2012

Euro Lessons for East Asia

SEOUL – East Asia could learn two valuable lessons from the eurozone crisis. First, do not rush the process of financial and monetary integr…
Javier Solana Nov. 26, 2012

America’s Perilous Pivot

MADRID – The Pacific or the Middle East? For the United States, that is now the primary strategic question. The violence in Gaza, coming as …
Jaswant Singh Oct. 25, 2012

Burma to Myanmar and Back?

NEW DELHI – In ways big and small, Asia is still living with the tainted legacy of imperialism. Consider the debate now underway in Myanmar …
Joseph S. Nye Sep. 3, 2012

Asian Nationalism at Sea

CAMBRIDGE – Will war break out in the seas of East Asia? After Chinese and Japanese nationalists staged competing occupations of the barren …
Christopher R. Hill Aug. 22, 2012

China’s House Divided

DENVER – There has been much talk about America’s decline in recent years, with the corollary that China will take its place. But, while the…

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