Peter Sutherland

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Peter Sutherland, former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration and Development, was former Director General of the World Trade Organization, EU Commissioner for Competition, and Attorney General of Ireland.

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Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers
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Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers

Sep 12, 2016 Peter Sutherland praises the individuals, companies, and NGOs helping refugees find new homes and employment.

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Cities for Migrants
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Cities for Migrants

Aug 26, 2016 Peter Sutherland believes that municipal authorities hold the key to successful integration of newcomers.

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Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction
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Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction

Aug 6, 2016 Peter Sutherland refutes the misleading claims that have come to dominate developed countries' immigration debates.

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Defusing Migration
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Defusing Migration

Jul 8, 2016 Peter Sutherland challenges the corrosive myths that nationalists in Britain and elsewhere have been peddling.

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Saving Our Drowning Humanity
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Saving Our Drowning Humanity

Jun 13, 2016 Peter Sutherland urges the EU and other developed countries to take in more migrants.

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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.