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Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former prime minister of Norway and director-general of the World Health Organization, is a co-chair of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board and a member of The Elders.

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  1. Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness
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    Recommitting to Pandemic Preparedness

    Aug 15, 2024 Gro Harlem Brundtland urges global leaders to focus on improving – instead of just paying lip service to – global equity.

  2. Pulling Nuclear Powers Back from the Brink
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    Pulling Nuclear Powers Back from the Brink

    Jun 12, 2023 Gro Harlem Brundtland warns that Russia’s aggression and US-China tensions could result in a new, more complex arms race.

  3. A Rights-Based Path to Global Health
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    A Rights-Based Path to Global Health

    Jun 24, 2021 Gro Harlem Brundtland urges world leaders to ensure that COVID-19 recovery efforts do not overlook the poor and marginalized.

  4. COVID-19 and the Doomsday Clock
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    COVID-19 and the Doomsday Clock

    Jan 27, 2021 Gro Harlem Brundtland reports that humanity has a long way to go to avert catastrophic threats to its survival and prosperity.

  5. Preventing the Next Pandemic
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    Preventing the Next Pandemic

    Oct 21, 2019 Gro Harlem Brundtland & Elhadj As Sy advocate a multidimensional – and highly cost-effective – approach to preparedness for disease outbreaks.

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    Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf explains why Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s electoral victory is a defining moment for women’s leadership in Africa.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Backfire

    Takatoshi Ito warns that the US president-elect's plans will increase America's trade deficit and alienate its allies.
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    Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law

    Antara Haldar considers whether a defining component of American democracy has been lost for good.
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    Rebuilding Syria After Assad

    Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen

    Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power has created an opportunity for the political and economic reconstruction of a key Arab state. But the record of efforts to stabilize post-conflict societies in the Middle East is littered with failure, and the next few months will most likely determine Syria's political trajectory.

     say that Syrians themselves must do the hard work, but multilateral assistance has an important role to play.
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    Trump’s Pro-Corporate Populism Cannot Last

    Eric Posner

    The US president-elect has vowed to round up illegal immigrants and raise tariffs, but he will probably fail to reinvigorate the economy for the masses, who will watch the rich get richer on crypto and AI. America has been here before, and if Trump doesn’t turn on the business class and lay the blame at its feet, someone else will.

     thinks the next president will be forced to choose between big business and the forgotten man.
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    What Will Happen to China’s Economy in 2025?

    Huang Yiping identifies three key challenges that the government must overcome to achieve 5% growth.
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    Did COP29 Fail Women?

    María Fernanda Espinosa is unimpressed by the latest UN Climate Change Conference's outcomes for gender-responsive finance.
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    Why Are So Many Indians Fleeing to America?

    Shashi Tharoor points out that even middle-class families increasingly see no future in their home country.
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    The Crisis that Germany Needs

    Barry Eichengreen argues that the country's economic woes reflect decades-old institutions that are no longer fit for purpose.

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