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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…
Robin Niblett

Transatlantic Trade-Offs

LONDON – Almost two decades after the idea was first mooted, the United States and the European Union agreed last week to begin negotiating …
Haruhiko Kuroda

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…
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…

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Anu Bradford Jun. 18, 2013

Insuring Immigration

NEW YORK – Almost immediately after the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were revealed to be immigrants, opponents of immigration re…
Jorge G. Castañeda Jun. 18, 2013

Four Marijuana Moments

MEXICO CITY – Latin America and the United States have experienced what one could call a series of “marijuana moments” over the past few wee…
Hans-Helmut Kotz Jun. 17, 2013

Europe’s Economic Groupthink

FRANKFURT – During the recent hearing on the constitutionality of the European Central Bank’s measures to prevent the eurozone from falling …
Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins Jun. 14, 2013

The Austerity Pandemic

NEW YORK – At this year’s International Monetary Fund/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, DC, the IMF urged European countries to ease…
Barry Eichengreen Jun. 13, 2013

Lessons of a Greek Tragedy

ATHENS – A visit to Greece leaves many vivid impressions. There are, of course, the country’s rich history, abundance of archeological sites…
Yannos Papantoniou Jun. 12, 2013

Bismarck versus Bismarck

ATHENS – The centrality of Germany to Europe and, more widely, to world affairs has been amply, and often bloodily, demonstrated over many c…
Dani Rodrik Jun. 12, 2013

Europe’s Way Out

CAMBRIDGE – It seems that austerity is out of fashion in the eurozone – at least for the moment. The European Commission has given Spain, Fr…
Alpha Condé Jun. 12, 2013

Africa’s Transparency Agenda

CONAKRY – In December 2010, I became President of Guinea following the country’s first truly open and democratic elections. I said then that…
Jeffrey Frankel Jun. 11, 2013

All Quiet on the Currency Front

CAMBRIDGE – The term “currency wars” is a catchy way of saying “competitive devaluation.” In the wake of the sharp fall in the value of the …
Bob Ward Jun. 11, 2013

Climate Change by the Numbers

LONDON – Governments around the world have just received one of the most important scientific reports ever written. It provides the starkest…

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