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Michel Goldman

Michel Goldman

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Michel Goldman, President of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3h) and Emeritus Professor of Immunology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, was executive director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative from 2009 to 2014.

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  1. Cleaning Up Europe’s Vaccine Mess
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    Cleaning Up Europe’s Vaccine Mess

    Apr 2, 2021 Michel Goldman argues that the main obstacle to matching the success of the US effort is bureaucratic, not financial.

  2. The Case for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies
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    The Case for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies

    Jul 10, 2020 Michel Goldman & Michel D. Kazatchkine call for greater investment in new genetically engineered treatments to combat the coronavirus.

  3. Mobilizing Young People Against Anti-Vaxxers
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    Mobilizing Young People Against Anti-Vaxxers

    Apr 1, 2019 Michel Goldman proposes targeting education programs at adolescents to empower them to become immunization advocates.

  4. How to Help Deflate America’s Opioid Bubble
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    How to Help Deflate America’s Opioid Bubble

    Feb 1, 2019 Mathias Dewatripont & Michel Goldman apply lessons from the 2008 financial crisis to the ongoing public-health emergency in the US.

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    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass

    Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Adviser, has expressed the view that 2025 could be the time for Ukraine to once again mount a counter-offensive against Russian troops. Given the strategic math, that would be a serious mistake.

    calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
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    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.
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    Russia’s Battle of the Ministries

    Nina L. Khrushcheva sees a high-ranking official's recent arrest as a sign of declining confidence in Vladimir Putin's leadership.
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    The “Billions to Trillions” Charade

    Jayati Ghosh

    Multilateral development banks and international financial institutions argue that mobilizing private investment is crucial to meeting developing economies’ needs for climate and development finance. But boosting government revenues is far more likely to generate the trillions of dollars needed to close these financing gaps.

    explains why using development banks' resources to incentivize private-sector finance is unlikely to succeed.
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    Leveraging Islamic Finance for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

    Muhammad Al Jasser shows how a hybrid financing model could help fund desperately needed projects in the developing world.
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    Adekeye Adebajo on the Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations peacekeeping, African institution-building, and more

    Adekeye Adebajo argues that Israel’s war in Gaza is accelerating the trend toward global apartheid, highlights the strengths and weaknesses of United Nations peacekeeping missions, criticizes the militarization of US engagement with Africa, and more.
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    Europe’s Non-European Elections

    Alberto Alemanno highlights structural flaws that impede the European Union’s ability to address its current and future challenges.
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    A Turning Point for Clean Cooking

    Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak & Joseph Nganga urge global leaders to provide the financing to end a practice with dire effects for health and the climate.
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    Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try

    Qiyuan Xu argues that high capital outflows – largely a result of US policy – have resulted in an undervalued renminbi.

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