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Margareta Wahlström

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Margareta Wahlström is Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

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The Year of Resilience

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Jan 16, 2015 Margareta Wahlström calls on world leaders to strengthen measures aimed at mitigating disaster risk.

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Safer Climate Disasters

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Jun 13, 2014 Kristalina Georgieva & Margareta Wahlström issue a call for greater efforts to reduce the risks associated with extreme weather events.

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Disaster-Proof Development

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Nov 1, 2013 Margareta Wahlström on climate change and the exposure of economic assets.

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Women, Girls, and Disasters

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Oct 10, 2012 Margareta Wahlström

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Japan’s Resilience Lessons

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Mar 6, 2012 Margareta Wahlström

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America’s Senseless Iran Sanctions

Nov 20, 2018 Amin Saikal explains why the Trump administration’s effort to topple the regime is unlikely to succeed.

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Looking Past Trump

Nov 20, 2018 Mira Rapp-Hooper says that the challenges facing US foreign policy reflect forces that will long outlast the current administration.

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Measuring, and Managing, More Sustainable Growth

Nov 20, 2018 Diane Coyle and PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno discuss the shortcomings of modern economics.

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The Inconvenient Truth About Saudi Arabia

Nov 20, 2018 Richard N. Haass advocates a measured Western response to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's increasingly wayward rule.

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The Bleak Fate of the Amazon

Nov 19, 2018 Paulo Artaxo anticipates devastating environmental policies in Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Saving South Korea’s Economy

Nov 19, 2018 Lee Jong-Wha urges President Moon Jae-in to pursue structural reforms as fervently as he pursues inter-Korean cooperation.

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Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Destroy Cryptocurrencies

Nov 19, 2018 Nouriel Roubini touts the benefits of a banking and payments system that replaces all private digital schemes.

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Food Security Rests on Trade

Nov 19, 2018 Angel Gurría & José Graziano da Silva warn that without rules-based global trade, the threat of hunger and malnutrition in some regions will grow.

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