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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…
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…
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…
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…

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David Miliband May 23, 2013

Britain, Ireland, and Europe

Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation Annual Lecture, delivered in Dublin on M…
Gene Frieda May 23, 2013

Europe’s Clash of Generations

LONDON – As Europe’s financial crisis goes from acute to chronic, the dispute over who will bear the costs of resolving it is fueling the em…
Paul De Grauwe May 9, 2013

Debt Without Drowning

LONDON – Since the 1970’s, economists have warned that a monetary union could not be sustained without a fiscal union. But the eurozone’s le…
John Bruton May 7, 2013

Europe’s National Wild Cards

DUBLIN – Europe’s needs and Europeans’ desires are at odds. At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial colla…
Joschka Fischer Apr. 30, 2013

The Erosion of Europe

BERLIN – Just weeks ago, the worst of the financial crisis in Europe seemed to be over. Stability seemed to be returning. But appearances pr…
Joaquín Almunia, Eduardo Pérez Motta Apr. 25, 2013

The Competition Factor

BRUSSELS/MEXICO CITY – Since the global economic downturn began in 2008, debate has centered on the macroeconomic strategies and instruments…
George Soros Apr. 9, 2013

Germany’s Choice

FRANKFURT – The euro crisis has already transformed the European Union from a voluntary association of equal states into a creditor-debtor r…
Yannos Papantoniou Apr. 4, 2013

Europe’s Perpetual Crisis

ATHENS – The Cyprus bailout deal is a watershed in the unfolding eurozone crisis, because responsibility for resolving banks’ problems has b…
Jan-Werner Mueller Apr. 4, 2013

Europe’s Political Stress Tests

PRINCETON – In recent years, the European Union – or, more accurately, the powerful countries of northern Europe – has been subjecting its w…
Daniel Gros Apr. 3, 2013

The Meaning of Cyprus

BRUSSELS – The root of the problem in Cyprus is well known. Its two major banks had attracted huge deposits from abroad, largely from Russia…

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