Christopher Smart

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Christopher Smart is Head of Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Research at Barings and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was a special assistant to the US president for International Economics, Trade, and Investment (2013-2015) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Europe and Eurasia (2009-13).

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This Time Really Is Different
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This Time Really Is Different

Feb 20, 2019 Christopher Smart thinks investors will face unprecedented technological and political uncertainty in the next business cycle.

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Could the Renminbi Challenge the Dollar?
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Could the Renminbi Challenge the Dollar?

Feb 2, 2018 Christopher Smart reviews three recent books examining China’s quest to challenge American financial dominance.

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The Real Risk to the Global Economy
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The Real Risk to the Global Economy

Nov 8, 2017 Christopher Smart argues that institutional drift and decay are far more dangerous than even the most dramatic political crises.

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The Clash of the Data Titans
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The Clash of the Data Titans

Aug 18, 2017 Christopher Smart of Chatham House worries that the US and Europe are parting ways on this century’s most important economic-policy issue.

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Trump’s Trade Illogic
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Trump’s Trade Illogic

Jun 22, 2017 Christopher Smart points out three fundamental flaws in the US administration's approach to globalization.

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Renewing Europe
Mar 5, 2019

‪Not all of these are great ideas (for example the European agency on democracy) but some are well-worth pursuing (like a stronger Schengen). At the very least, President Macron is pushing a creative and exciting vision of Europe rather than letting the naysayers set the agenda. As he says, it is all to easy to find fault without offering a real alternative. Macron’s ideas should shape the next debates on the European project far more than either Brexit or Italian budget targets.

Austria and the Plot Against Europe

Charles Tannock

The collapse of Austria’s government has revealed how extensive Russian manipulation of Europe's politics has become. The question every European democrat of the left, right, and center must now ask is whether the true scope and scale of the political, moral, and material corruption of Europe’s far-right parties has been exposed in time.

The Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War

Nouriel Roubini

What started as a trade war between the United States and China is quickly escalating into a death match for global economic, technological, and military dominance. If the two countries' leaders cannot manage the defining relationship of the twenty-first century responsibly, the entire world will bear the costs of their failure.