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Sophia Besch

Sophia Besch

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Sophia Besch is a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.

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  1. Who Should Hold Europe’s Arms?
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    Who Should Hold Europe’s Arms?

    Sep 25, 2019 Sophia Besch explains why enforcement of common rules on weapons sales is essential for building a European defense union.

  2. The End of Little Germany?
     Olaf Scholz, leader of Germany's SPD party, speaks  after the members of his party approved a plan to join Angela Merkel's coalition MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images

    The End of Little Germany?

    Mar 5, 2018 Sophia Besch urges the new government to start thinking and acting like the leadership of Europe's largest economy.

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    India’s Troubled Truce with China

    Shashi Tharoor fears that the recent agreement ending the military standoff in Ladakh will not bring the expected benefits.
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    Reducing Men’s Cancer Burden

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor outlines a holistic approach that combines personal responsibility with community and government action.
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    The Trump Shock Is the Democrats’ Fault

    Daron Acemoglu

    While the Democrats have won some recent elections with support from Silicon Valley, minorities, trade unions, and professionals in large cities, this coalition was never sustainable. The party has become culturally disconnected from, and disdainful of, precisely the voters it needs to win.

    thinks Kamala Harris lost because her party has ceased to be the political home of American workers.
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    Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation

    César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.
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    What Donald Trump’s Return Means for the World

    Ian Bremmer explains why a second “America First” presidency could play out much differently than the first.
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    Britain vs. the Bond Vigilantes

    Gene Frieda explains why Labour’s economic proposals have failed to reassure foreign investors.
  7. calvino4_SeanGallupGettyImages_cop29 Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Climate Action Must Rise Above Politics

    Nadia Calviño

    This year’s many elections, not least the heated US presidential race, have drawn attention away from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. But global leaders must continue to focus on combating the climate crisis and accelerating the green transition both in developed and developing economies.

    foresees multilateral development banks continuing to play a critical role in financing the green transition.
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.
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    The Battle Over Russia’s Central Bank Heats Up

    Anders Åslund highlights rising political tension over the country’s rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.

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