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Tarik M. Yousef

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Tarik M. Yousef is Director and a senior fellow of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.

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  1. Saudi Arabia’s Great Transformation
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    Saudi Arabia’s Great Transformation

    Jun 22, 2023 Rabah Arezki & Tarik M. Yousef assess the kingdom’s strategy to shift its economy away from dependence on hydrocarbons.

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    The Road Ahead for Modi and India

    Ian Bremmer surveys the challenges and opportunities facing the country after an unexpectedly close election.
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    The 1.5°C Target for Global Warming Must Prevail

    Joeri Rogelj argues that the threshold established by the Paris agreement remains crucial – even if it is breached.
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    Europe Needs a Democracy Commissioner

    Paolo Cesarini, et al. describe the contours of an EU strategy for saving a sector that is integral to democracy.
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    An Economic Agenda for Mexico’s New President

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    Claudia Sheinbaum must abandon the fantasy that the informal sector will naturally disappear as growth accelerates. Instead, she must commit to eliminating the perverse incentives that arise from the disparate treatment of formal and informal activities, as well as to reforming the tax system.

     urges President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to break with the policies of her mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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    The Ukraine War Threatens Russia’s Regional Influence

    Galip Dalay explains why, absent a total victory, the Kremlin’s power in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean will fade.
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    The Primacy of Political Order

    Andrés Velasco explains why there can be no pursuit of liberty or equality without it.
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    No Quiet for Europe on the Eastern Front

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains how Poland, Finland, and the Baltic countries are preparing for a potential war with Russia.
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    What Comes After Neoliberalism?

    Governments that had spent nearly a half-century preaching the virtues of free trade, deregulation, and hyperglobalization are now imposing import tariffs and export restrictions, adopting industrial policies, and lavishing subsidies on domestic firms in favored sectors, like green tech. With many observers heralding the death of neoliberalism, we asked PS commentators what comes next.

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    What the Weimar Triangle Could Do for Europe

    Mark Leonard thinks a Franco-German-Polish leadership trifecta could breathe new life into the European Union.

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