Making Sense of Mindfulness
Mia Zaharna & Henry I. Miller ask whether technology companies' embrace of activities like meditation has any scientific merit.
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Russia’s Oligarchs-in-Waiting
Anders Åslund shows how Vladimir Putin has consolidated his power through intergenerational cronyism.
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China’s Hong Kong at 20
Chris Patten doubts that the "one country, two systems" model, flawed from the start, will survive.
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The Changing Geopolitics of European Emotion
Dominique Moisi believes that mounting pessimism in Britain gives France and Germany a new chance to lead the EU.
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Who Does Business Represent?
Ricardo Hausmann urges organizations that speak only for employers to re-conceive their mission.
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Confronting Africa’s Water Challenge
Akinwumi Adesina argues that the key to success is investment in projects that ensure better wastewater management.
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Colombia’s Libraries of Peace
Alex Soros & Patrick Weil praise President Juan Manuel Santos's use of pop-up libraries to re-integrate former militants.
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Does Addressing Bilateral Trade Imbalances Work?
Martin Feldstein sees mixed results in the Trump administration's focus on individual countries.
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A Future for Western Sahara
Ana Palacio sees reason to hope that a breakthrough in the territorial dispute may be on the horizon.
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Europe’s Gradualist Fallacy
Yanis Varoufakis proposes a simulated federation as an alternative to the unrealistic federation-lite now on offer.
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Dishonoring Uganda’s Refugees
Helen C. Epstein criticizes the UN secretary-general for enlisting the help of President Yoweri Museveni.
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Supporting the Developing World’s Health Innovators
Dinesh Mondal describes life-saving research that is being jeopardized by reductions in global health aid.
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Poland’s Immoral Refugee Policy
Sławomir Sierakowski condemns Prime Minister Beata Szydło’s abuse of the Holocaust to justify barring asylum-seekers.
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Reimagining Palestine
Marwan Muasher highlights the need for a new strategy to move the Palestinian national project forward.
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Another Lesson from Japan
Stephen S. Roach thinks the latest inflation data should serve as a wake-up call to advanced-economy policymakers.
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Saudi Arabia’s Game of Thrones
Bernard Haykel examines how Mohammed bin Salman secured his succession to the throne, and why it matters.
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We’ll Always Need Paris
Adair Turner offers three reasons why technology alone can't bring about a low-carbon economy.
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The Underside of Uber
Lucy P. Marcus takes the company's board members and investors to task for enabling its ex-CEO's damaging behavior.
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Revisiting the Global Order
Javier Solana believes new leadership is needed to ensure an open, inclusive global system.
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Economics in Transition
Diane Coyle reviews three recent books assessing what has and hasn’t changed in economic thinking and research since the 2008 crisis.
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Trump’s Sugar Swamp
Jeffrey Frankel condemns the US government's protection of a highly damaging domestic industry.
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Donald Trump’s Trade-Knowledge Deficit
Pascal Salin warns that protectionism is an especially grave threat for the US, given its low saving rate.
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Trump’s Unraveling Korea Policy
Kent Harrington blames incoherent pronouncements about the Korean Peninsula for raising fears of US disengagement.
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Trump’s Trade Illogic
Christopher Smart points out three fundamental flaws in the US administration's approach to globalization.
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Reinventing the French People
Bernard-Henri Lévy laments the record-low turnout in the second round of France's parliamentary election.
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