Robert Amsterdam

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Robert R. Amsterdam, a founding partner of the law firm Amsterdam & Peroff, is international defense counsel for Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, and writes a blog at www.robertamsterdam.com.

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The Gazpromization of European Energy Security

Feb 20, 2008 Robert Amsterdam

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Iran’s 40 Years of Strife

Feb 21, 2019 Javier Solana argues that engagement with the West is the only strategy that has worked – for both sides.

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Africa’s Digital Generation Gap

Feb 21, 2019 Perseus Mlambo warns that the continent's aged leaders are threatening to stifle the economy of the future.

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The AI Road to Serfdom?

Feb 21, 2019 Robert Skidelsky questions the conventional economic narrative according to which machines inevitably boost workers' incomes.

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What’s Left of the Populist Left?

Feb 21, 2019 Jan-Werner Mueller thinks opponents of neoliberalism have erred by embracing a tribalist political strategy.

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Brexit’s Lost World

Feb 20, 2019 Ngaire Woods argues that three changes since 2016 make a no-deal exit from the EU a threat to the UK's national security.

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Showdown in Munich

Feb 20, 2019 Carl Bildt worries that the latest signals from the US government imply a further unraveling of transatlantic relations.

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India’s Trifecta of Failure

Feb 20, 2019 Ramesh Thakur says the Modi government's latest caste-based policies highlight deeply entrenched national shortcomings.

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This Time Really Is Different

Feb 20, 2019 Christopher Smart thinks investors will face unprecedented technological and political uncertainty in the next business cycle.

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