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    All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security

    Richard Maude

    Calls at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore to improve military-to-military communication between the US and China, especially in light of increasingly aggressive encounters at sea and in the air, fell on deaf ears. Despite the best efforts of the US and its allies, China is in no hurry to re-engage.

     considers the implications of the complete collapse of defense diplomacy between the US and China.
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    Nationalists Abroad

    Ian Buruma

    While facing an uphill political battle at home, Turkey’s recently re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan handily won the diaspora vote. He did so by capitalizing on the resentment and alienation felt by second- and third-generation Turkish immigrants who often feel estranged in the countries where they were born.

     explains how displacement can make expatriates and minorities more susceptible to extremist ideologies.
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    Can the ECB Escape Its Own Trap?

    Otmar Issing examines the policy dilemma facing central banks as they try to shrink their bloated balance sheets.
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    How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field

    Maxwell Gomera shows how artificial intelligence can strengthen low-income countries' hand in global negotiations.
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    The Ukraine-Russia Culture War

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub survey the heated battles that have been playing out far from the physical battlefield.
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    Can Democracy Survive the Polycrisis?

    George Soros calls attention to the growing challenges posed by AI, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.
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    The Poverty of AI Pessimism

    Jim O'Neill questions the increasingly popular sentiment that the technology will be economically destabilizing.
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    Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet

    Olivia White, et al. outline four medium-term scenarios for the world economy, each implying dramatically different outcomes.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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  1. Nationalists Abroad
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    Nationalists Abroad

    Jun 8, 2023 Ian Buruma explains how displacement can make expatriates and minorities more susceptible to extremist ideologies.

  2. All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security
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    All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security

    Jun 8, 2023 Richard Maude considers the implications of the complete collapse of defense diplomacy between the US and China.

  3. How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field
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    How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field

    Jun 8, 2023 Maxwell Gomera shows how artificial intelligence can strengthen low-income countries' hand in global negotiations.

  4. Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet
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    Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet

    Jun 8, 2023 Olivia White, et al. outline four medium-term scenarios for the world economy, each implying dramatically different outcomes.

  5. The Ukraine-Russia Culture War
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    The Ukraine-Russia Culture War

    Jun 7, 2023 Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub survey the heated battles that have been playing out far from the physical battlefield.

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    Joseph S. Nye, Jr., on Chinese power, US politics, the new cold war, and more

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers how China undermines its own soft power, traces the potential causes of a war over Taiwan, welcomes Europe’s embrace of “smart” power, and more.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination

    Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
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    Keyu Jin on Chinese regulation, innovation, finance, and more

    Keyu Jin laments the loss of private-sector confidence in China, shows why the country could take the lead in cutting-edge technologies, addresses misconceptions about its economic model, and more.
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    The Quad’s Big Moment

    Richard Maude, et al. examine the emerging Indo-Pacific coalition from the perspective of each of its members – and its main rival.
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    India’s Law-of-the-Jungle Raj

    Ashoka Mody considers what the life and death of criminal-politician Atiq Ahmed reveals about the country.
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    The Geopolitics of Nature

    Simon Zadek highlights the fatal flaw in green “solutions” like the EU’s new deforestation legislation.
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    The IMF’s Turn to Lead on Climate

    Rakesh Mohan, et al. explain how the International Monetary Fund can best support green investment where it is needed the most.
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    The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming

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