Anna Diamantopoulou

Writing for PS since 2015
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Anna Diamantopoulou, President of the Greek think tank To Diktio, is a former EU commissioner and a former Greek minister of education and minister of competitiveness.

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Growth, not Grexit
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Growth, not Grexit

Feb 12, 2015 Anna Diamantopoulou urges Greece's European partners to view the current debt negotiations through Greek voters' eyes.

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America’s Feeble Indo-Pacific Strategy
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America’s Feeble Indo-Pacific Strategy

Brahma Chellaney urges US President Donald Trump to add strategic heft to his Asia policy and check Chinese aggression.

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When Markets and Mobility Collide
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When Markets and Mobility Collide

Ricardo Hausmann explains why even modest liberalization of transport prices can trigger mass protests, as in Chile.

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The Impeachment Blues
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The Impeachment Blues

Elizabeth Drew says Donald Trump's abuses of power have put him in the greatest trouble of his presidency so far.

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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line
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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line

Ana Palacio

China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.

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Is Economic Winter Coming?
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Is Economic Winter Coming?

Raghuram G. Rajan

Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.

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Why US Inequality Is Higher Than Europe’s
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Why US Inequality Is Higher Than Europe’s

Thomas Blanchet, et al. offer a new explanation for the sharply different income distributions on each side of the Atlantic.

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Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?
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Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

Barry Eichengreen

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.

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Power to the People?
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Power to the People?

Aryeh Neier

From Beirut to Hong Kong to Santiago, governments are eager to bring an end to mass demonstrations. But, in the absence of greater institutional responsiveness to popular grievances and demands, people are unlikely to stay home.

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