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Carl Bildt

Writing for PS since 2009
112 commentaries

Carl Bildt was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and prime minister from 1991 to 1994, when he negotiated Sweden’s EU accession. A renowned international diplomat, he served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference. He is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations. 

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  1. The High Stakes of NATO’s Vilnius Summit
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    The High Stakes of NATO’s Vilnius Summit

    May 17, 2023 Carl Bildt urges the alliance to use its upcoming gathering to correct the mistake it made in Bucharest in 2008.

  2. Why Ukraine Matters
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    Why Ukraine Matters

    Apr 21, 2023 Carl Bildt decries Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's description of the war as a mere "territorial dispute."

  3. Hell in the Holy Land
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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Mar 21, 2023 Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

  4. If Russia Had Won
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    If Russia Had Won

    Feb 17, 2023 Carl Bildt considers a counterfactual scenario in which Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine had succeeded.

  5. Post-Putin Possibilities
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    Post-Putin Possibilities

    Jan 18, 2023 Carl Bildt doubts that the Russian leader's ultra-centralized, top-down regime can survive the war he started.

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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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    How to Quench the American West’s Thirst

    Jeffrey Frankel argues that eliminating water subsidies and implementing market pricing is better than the alternative.
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    Give America a Debt Brake

    R. James Breiding thinks the United States could learn a valuable lesson from a policy Switzerland put in place in 2003.
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    The Myth of Western Decline

    Chris Patten argues that Chinese leaders’ characterization of liberal democracy as decadent betrays their fear of it.

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