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    America and China Are on a Collision Course

    Nouriel Roubini

    The G7 countries may have set out to deter China without escalating the new cold war, but the perception in Beijing suggests that they failed to thread the needle at their recent summit in Hiroshima. It is now clear to all that the United States, its allies, and any partners they can recruit are committed to containing China’s rise.

     juxtaposes recent developments and current trends with diplomatic happy talk about a “thaw” in tensions.
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    Why the Fed Is Hard to Predict

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    The US Federal Reserve is adrift, and it has only itself to blame. Regardless of whether its policy-setting committee announces another interest-rate hike in June, its top priority now should be to address the structural weaknesses that led it astray in the first place.

     thinks the US central bank's biggest problem is not the economy but rather its own institutional shortcomings.
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    The US Debt Ceiling Debacle Is Not Over

    Kenneth Rogoff sees little reason to believe the latest last-minute deal will be anything more than a short-lived truce.
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    Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality

    Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.
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    A Western Distraction from Climate Action

    Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi warns that calls for the removal of Sultan Al Jaber as COP28 president-designate are a dangerous diversion.
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    The Supply Side of Decarbonization

    Ricardo Hausmann touts strategies that create incentives for developing countries to produce renewables and other green goods.
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    Leveling the Financial Playing Field for Africa

    Amadou Hott & Mark Malloch-Brown propose ways to redress longstanding inequities and enable African-led solutions to succeed.
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    How to Restructure Chinese Supply Chains

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that private markets can be leveraged to support a much-needed economic transformation.
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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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  1. A Western Distraction from Climate Action
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    A Western Distraction from Climate Action

    May 30, 2023 Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi warns that calls for the removal of Sultan Al Jaber as COP28 president-designate are a dangerous diversion.

  2. How to Restructure Chinese Supply Chains
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    How to Restructure Chinese Supply Chains

    May 30, 2023 Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that private markets can be leveraged to support a much-needed economic transformation.

  3. The Supply Side of Decarbonization
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    The Supply Side of Decarbonization

    May 30, 2023 Ricardo Hausmann touts strategies that create incentives for developing countries to produce renewables and other green goods.

  4. America and China Are on a Collision Course
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    America and China Are on a Collision Course

    May 30, 2023 Nouriel Roubini juxtaposes recent developments and current trends with diplomatic happy talk about a “thaw” in tensions.

  5. Leveling the Financial Playing Field for Africa
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    Leveling the Financial Playing Field for Africa

    May 30, 2023 Amadou Hott & Mark Malloch-Brown propose ways to redress longstanding inequities and enable African-led solutions to succeed.

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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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    Simon Johnson on stablecoins, artificial intelligence, inequality, and more

    Simon Johnson explains why a moratorium on advanced-AI development would do little good, pours cold water on the prevailing techno-optimist narrative, makes the case for scrapping payroll taxes, and more.
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    How Russia Survives

    Federico Fubini & Alexandra Prokopenko explain why the world's toughest-ever sanctions regime must be sharpened – and suggest how to do it.
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    The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming

    Sameh Shoukry assesses recent efforts to implement a crucial initiative agreed at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference.
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    Keeping Small Islands Financially Afloat

    Ralph Gonsalves, et al. urge international financial institutions to consider countries’ unique vulnerabilities in their lending practices.
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