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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 …
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…
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…
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…

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Randall Morck May 15, 2013

Oily Dirt

EDMONTON – Calm discussion of the environment nowadays is about as plausible as reasoned dialogue on witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. C…
Bjørn Lomborg May 15, 2013

Hugging a Burning Tree

PRAGUE – We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before …
Emmanuel Guerin May 13, 2013

Green Sovereign Wealth

PARIS – At the end of 2011, sovereign-wealth funds’ assets under management amounted to $3 trillion, following 237 direct investments worth …
Achim Steiner, Dorothy Maxwell Apr. 25, 2013

Sustainability at a Profit

NAIROBI – How profitable are the world’s major industrial and agricultural sectors? According to a new report by the London-based consultanc…
Jeffrey Frankel Apr. 16, 2013

Fear of Fracking

CAMBRIDGE – Against all expectations, US emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, since peaking in 2007, have fallen by 12% as of 20…
Peter Singer, Teng Fei Apr. 11, 2013

Fairness and Climate Change

PRINCETON – A sense of fairness is universal among humans, but people often differ about exactly what fairness requires in a specific situat…
Bjørn Lomborg Apr. 11, 2013

The Electric Car’s Short Circuit

PRAGUE – For decades, the idea of the electric car has captured the imaginations of innovators – including Henry Ford and Thomas Edison more…
Connie Hedegaard Apr. 5, 2013

Stop Paying the Polluters

BRUSSELS – “When the winds of change blow,” says an old Chinese proverb, “some build walls, and others build wind mills.”These same words cl…
Peter Hoffmann Apr. 3, 2013

The Hydrogen Solution

RHINECLIFF, NY – Around the world, governments and businesses are constantly being called upon to make big investments in solar, wind, and g…
Brahma Chellaney Apr. 3, 2013

Asia’s Resource Scramble

NEW DELHI – Competition for strategic natural resources – including water, mineral ores, and fossil fuels – has always played a significant …

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