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Konstantin Sonin

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Konstantin Sonin, a former vice rector of the Higher School of Economics University in Moscow, is a professor at the University of Chicago.

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  1. How NATO Can Help End the Ukraine War
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    How NATO Can Help End the Ukraine War

    Aug 20, 2024 Roger Myerson, et al. view security guarantees from the US and its Atlantic allies as prerequisites of a negotiated peace.

  2. Sympathy for the Oligarch
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    Sympathy for the Oligarch

    Aug 18, 2023 Konstantin Sonin laments the sanctioning of two pioneers of Russia’s market economy, Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman.

  3. How Russia Could Benefit from Ukraine’s NATO Membership
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    How Russia Could Benefit from Ukraine’s NATO Membership

    Jul 24, 2023 Konstantin Sonin argues that entry into the alliance would mark the end of Vladimir Putin’s imperial aspirations.

  4. Ukraine Beyond the Impeachment Headlines
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    Ukraine Beyond the Impeachment Headlines

    Jan 29, 2020 Konstantin Sonin laments that the media's focus on corruption is ignoring positive changes under President Volodymyr Zelensky.

  5. Russia’s World Cup Opportunity
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    Russia’s World Cup Opportunity

    Apr 25, 2018 Konstantin Sonin expects the event to provide an impetus for tolerance and comity, especially within the host country.

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    China Shuts Down Its International-Adoption Machine

    Yi Fuxian welcomes the government's apparent recognition that a severe demographic crisis looms.
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    From the Year of Elections to the Year of Governance

    Adam Nelson & Kristen Sample highlight five major challenges reformist governments must confront to minimize populist threats.
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    Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity

    Erik Berglöf highlights the potential that a young population and abundant renewable-energy resources represent.
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    Saving the Planet from Plastics

    Jayati Ghosh explains why recycling alone is not enough to mitigate the health and climate effects of overproduction.
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    What Harris and Trump Will Do

    With less than two months to go until the US presidential election, the candidates’ opposing worldviews, objectives, and priorities – and their implications for international relations, the economy, and democracy – have come into sharper focus. While it is impossible to know exactly what a leader will do once in office, the contours of both a Donald Trump and a Kamala Harris presidency are remarkably well defined.

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    The Big Picture

    PS editors
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    Macron’s Trial by Fire

    Hugo Drochon

    Since the start of the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, Emmanuel Macron has reclaimed the initiative and confronted a political situation that is in many ways unprecedented for a French president. Not only has the center held, but the country may have a return to political stability in its sights.

     reflects on the French president's efforts to maintain control after a painful election season.
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    Kamala Harris’s Liberal Patriotism

    Andrés Velasco & Daniel Brieba explain why the Democratic US presidential candidate's appeal to love of country is good politics.
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    Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

    Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital.

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