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Nick Robins

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Nick Robins is Co-Director of the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System.

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  1. Global Finance and Global Warming
    Clean energy in rural India BFID/Flickr

    Global Finance and Global Warming

    May 22, 2015 Naina Lal Kidwai & Nick Robins explain how rules concerning sustainability are being incorporated into the financial system.

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    The Global Power Vacuum Comes to Syria

    Ian Bremmer explains how external dynamics led to renewed fighting in the country's 13-year-long civil war.
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    The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo

    US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House heralds a decade of widespread uncertainty and profound political transformations. As the multilateral order breaks down, trends such as rising inequality, resource scarcities, government debt, and technological disruptions will drag down global growth.

    highlights the major trends which, if left unchecked, could usher in a period of prolonged stagnation.
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    South Korea’s Impeachment Battle Is Democracy in Action

    Aziz Huq

    Following South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s groundless declaration of martial law, legislators are pursuing his impeachment. If they succeed, they will have offered a valuable example of how democracies should deal with those who abuse the powers of their office.

    thinks the effort to remove a lawless president can serve as an important signal to the rest of the world.
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    A Fiscally Low-Cost Solution to China’s Economic Challenges

    Shang-Jin Wei outlines steps that policymakers can take to foster sustainable growth without increasing government debt.
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    Can Von Der Leyen Build an Inclusive Center?

    Hugo Drochon considers how the European Commission president can keep the far right at bay during her second mandate.
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    The Second Glass Ceiling for Women

    Xianghong Wang urges the Chinese government to end its gender-specific mandatory retirement policy and adopt a flexible system.
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    Bangladesh’s Descent into Islamist Violence

    Brahma Chellaney fears what will happen to Asian security if the country's interim government remains on its current path.
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    The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

    Andrew Gallucci explains how America and its allies can counter their rivals’ currency ambitions.
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dani Rodrik thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.

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