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Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier

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Michel Barnier is a former vice president of the European Commission and French Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is currently EU chief negotiator for Brexit.

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  1. Three New Year’s Wishes for Britain and the EU
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    Three New Year’s Wishes for Britain and the EU

    Dec 20, 2019 Michel Barnier sets the main goals for negotiations between the European Union and the departing United Kingdom in 2020.

  2. In Defense of Europe
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    In Defense of Europe

    May 21, 2019 Michel Barnier argues that the European Union can no longer afford to be a military minnow in an era of great-power politics.

  3. It’s Time for a Green EU Deal
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    It’s Time for a Green EU Deal

    Apr 17, 2019 Michel Barnier outlines an ambitious three-point plan to help Europe confront increasing environmental threats.

  4. Europe’s Future Is Up to Us
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    Europe’s Future Is Up to Us

    Jan 4, 2019 Michel Barnier outlines a roadmap for the European Union to address challenges to its sovereignty and democratic legitimacy.

  5. A New Year’s Banking Union
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    A New Year’s Banking Union

    Oct 15, 2012 Michel Barnier

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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