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Socorro Ramirez, a political scientist, coordinates the Colombia-Venezuela Group, a joint project of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad Central de Venezuela.

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  1. Venezuela without Chávez?
    m4329c.jpg Barrie Maguire

    Venezuela without Chávez?

    Sep 9, 2011 Socorro Ramirez

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    Rebuilding Syria After Assad

    Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen

    Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power has created an opportunity for the political and economic reconstruction of a key Arab state. But the record of efforts to stabilize post-conflict societies in the Middle East is littered with failure, and the next few months will most likely determine Syria's political trajectory.

     say that Syrians themselves must do the hard work, but multilateral assistance has an important role to play.
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    Trump’s Pro-Corporate Populism Cannot Last

    Eric Posner

    The US president-elect has vowed to round up illegal immigrants and raise tariffs, but he will probably fail to reinvigorate the economy for the masses, who will watch the rich get richer on crypto and AI. America has been here before, and if Trump doesn’t turn on the business class and lay the blame at its feet, someone else will.

     thinks the next president will be forced to choose between big business and the forgotten man.
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    What Will Happen to China’s Economy in 2025?

    Huang Yiping identifies three key challenges that the government must overcome to achieve 5% growth.
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    Did COP29 Fail Women?

    María Fernanda Espinosa is unimpressed by the latest UN Climate Change Conference's outcomes for gender-responsive finance.
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    Why Are So Many Indians Fleeing to America?

    Shashi Tharoor points out that even middle-class families increasingly see no future in their home country.
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    The Crisis that Germany Needs

    Barry Eichengreen argues that the country's economic woes reflect decades-old institutions that are no longer fit for purpose.
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    Successful Industrial Policy Requires Industry Experts

    Diane Coyle thinks governments need to rebuild capacities they abandoned decades ago.
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    China’s Fast-Changing Economic Adjustments

    Zhang Jun outlines policymakers' task as the country's growth model confronts new sources of uncertainty.
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    Why DOGE and Musk Will Fail

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify a fundamental flaw in the design of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”

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