Anders Åslund
Anders Åslund is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and the author, most recently, of Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It.
Anders Åslund is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and the author, most recently, of Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It.
In July, the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office released a major report on how the Fund handled the euro crisis after 2010. The report is critical of Fund behavior; but, as with previous IMF self-eva… read more
The Brexit vote has underscored the dangers not only of referenda and plebiscites, but also of European complacency. If the EU is to survive, it must act quickly and decisively to regain leadership, s… read more
Over the past decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has degraded the institutions that are essential to the functioning of a modern economy. And yet, even as crony capitalism cripples GDP … read more
The slump in emerging markets was predictable; the booms that led to their rise were not accompanied by the structural reforms needed to sustain growth when commodity prices fell. Faced with years or … read more
This year, the Russian economy is the G-20’s worst performer, and things could easily have been worse. President Vladimir Putin claims that his economic policies remain consistent; in fact, he has wis… read more
The EU is facing economic stagnation that is conditioning its response to the serious external challenges it now faces; internal crisis has left its leaders little room for maneuver. Fortunately, Euro… read more
Ukraine’s primary economic problems are not homegrown but the result of Russian aggression. The international community, with the EU in the lead, must provide substantial humanitarian assistance and h… read more
Ukraine may not be grabbing as many headlines now as it did a year ago, but the crisis there is far from over. Ultimately, what Ukraine needs is to escape the old Soviet order – and, for that, it need… read more
Russia faces a serious – and intensifying – financial crisis. But the country's biggest problem remains President Vladimir Putin, who continues to deny reality while pursuing policies that will only ma… read more
As war fever returns in Ukraine, the question of why Russian President Vladimir Putin went from would-be modernizer to aggressive autocrat is being revived. Whatever the reason – fear for his safety, … read more
Slumping growth, if not outright contraction, in most of the world’s major emerging economies has been rightly attributed to China’s slowdown and plummeting commodity prices. But weak external conditi… read more
