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Ana Palacio

Ana Palacio

Writing for PS since 2011
151 commentaries

Ana Palacio, a former minister of foreign affairs of Spain and former senior vice president and general counsel of the World Bank Group, is a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University.

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  1. Rule-Making in a Divided World
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    Rule-Making in a Divided World

    Sep 18, 2023 Ana Palacio views this month’s G20 summit as a harbinger of a more fractured international order.

  2. For Whom the BRICS Toll
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    For Whom the BRICS Toll

    Aug 25, 2023 Ana Palacio thinks the group's latest summit was – as usual – notable mainly for highlighting shared grievances.

  3. A Pragmatic COP?
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    A Pragmatic COP?

    Jul 27, 2023 Ana Palacio thinks too many politicians, especially in Europe, are letting ideology impede practical climate solutions.

  4. Russia’s Dangerous Nuclear Consensus
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    Russia’s Dangerous Nuclear Consensus

    Jun 26, 2023 Ana Palacio highlights the grave threat posed by an unstable Russia in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion.

  5. Can Spain Show European Leadership?
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    Can Spain Show European Leadership?

    Jun 5, 2023 Ana Palacio worries that a snap election will undermine the effectiveness of the country’s Council of the EU presidency.

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    Freedom Without Justice

    Slavoj Žižek

    At the end of European Communism, there was a widespread, euphoric hope that freedom and democracy would bring a better life; eventually, though, many lost that hope. The problem, under both Communism and the new liberal dispensation, was that those pursuing grand social projects had embraced ideology instead of philosophy.

    considers what an Albanian Marxist philosopher can tell us about liberty in today's world.
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk

    For the US, Slovakia's general election may produce another unreliable allied government. But instead of turning a blind eye to such allies, as President Joe Biden has been doing with Poland, or confronting them with an uncompromising stance, the US should spearhead efforts to help mend flawed democracies.

    reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.
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    Not Destined for War

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. rejects historical analogies implying that zero-sum conflict between the US and China is inevitable.
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    Is “Peace Through Commerce” Dead?

    Harold James doubts that new conflicts and rivalries justify a full-scale rejection of European-style economic engagement.
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    Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks that Russia's recent meeting with North Korea was intended primarily as a warning to the South.
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    Saudi Arabia’s New Nationalism

    Bernard Haykel explains the reasoning behind the Kingdom's ongoing domestic- and foreign-policy transformation.
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    The Green Growth Mindset

    Gernot Wagner sees doctrinaire debates about capitalism as irrelevant or even deleterious to the decarbonization effort.
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    Africa Is the Future of Multilateralism

    Mark Malloch-Brown explains why the continent should be at the forefront of efforts to bring about international reforms.
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    A Chinese Bubble Long in the Making

    Yi Fuxian traces the long roots of the country's mounting economic and financial problems.

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