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Jorge G. Castañeda

Jorge G. Castañeda

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Jorge G. Castañeda, a former foreign minister of Mexico, is a professor at New York University and the author of America Through Foreign Eyes (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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  1. Reversing Latin America’s Democratic Decay
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    Reversing Latin America’s Democratic Decay

    Apr 5, 2023 Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami argue that long-term efforts to build strong welfare states must be buttressed by "fast democratic deliverables."

  2. AMLO’s False Promises
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    AMLO’s False Promises

    Dec 20, 2022 Jorge G. Castañeda argues that Mexico’s president has already achieved all he will accomplish – and it’s not much.

  3. Chile Says No to Revolution
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    Chile Says No to Revolution

    Sep 9, 2022 Jorge G. Castañeda explains why voters overwhelmingly rejected the country’s proposed new constitution.

  4. Colombia Turns Left
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    Colombia Turns Left

    Jun 24, 2022 Jorge G. Castañeda considers the implications of Gustavo Petro’s election as the country’s next president.

  5. Latin America’s New Pink Tide?
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    Latin America’s New Pink Tide?

    Apr 8, 2022 Jorge G. Castañeda doubts that there is any analytical utility to be gained by lumping recent left-wing victories together.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

     thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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