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Stefan Rahmstorf

Stefan Rahmstorf

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Stefan Rahmstorf is Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University and Department Head at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His most recent book is The Climate Crisis.

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  1. Fifty Years of Climate Dithering
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    Fifty Years of Climate Dithering

    Nov 9, 2015 Stefan Rahmstorf bemoans the lack of action on global warming since 1965, when scientists issued the first warning.

  2. The Known Knowns of Climate Change
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    The Known Knowns of Climate Change

    Sep 18, 2013 Stefan Rahmstorf on the strengthening scientific consensus on global warming.

  3. Melting on Top of the World
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    Melting on Top of the World

    Sep 10, 2012 Stefan Rahmstorf

  4. The Vanishing Arctic
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    The Vanishing Arctic

    Oct 17, 2011 Stefan Rahmstorf

  5. Our Summer of Extremes

    Our Summer of Extremes

    Aug 16, 2010 Stefan Rahmstorf

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    Can Europe Create an Innovation Economy?

    Philippe Aghion, et al. explain what EU member states must do to stop falling further behind the United States economically.
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    Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Are a Gift to the Rich

    Simon Johnson cites research showing that middle-class US households would foot the bill.
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    Building a Buffer Against Food-Price Shocks

    Isabella M. Weber, et al. urge Brazil and South Africa, as successive G20 presidents, to devise a new stabilization playbook.
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    Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front

    Slavoj Žižek sees developments in the year since October 7, 2023, as the logical realization of long-standing potentialities.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris

    Harold James urges the Democratic presidential candidate to reject the new consensus against free trade.
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    A Dangerous Dance for Israel and Iran

    Abbas Milani sees both countries walking a tightrope to maintain deterrence without provoking a full-blown war.
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    The Bloody Path of Alberto Fujimori’s Neoliberalism

    Antara Haldar assesses the former Peruvian president’s legacy of free-market reform and death-squad dictatorship.
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    The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces

    Shlomo Ben-Ami traces the delusions of Arab, Iranian, and Israeli leaders that have kept the region mired in violence.
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    Making Sense of Russia’s War Economy

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    Despite the apparent resilience of Russia's economy, Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine comes at a high economic cost. Not only does it require today’s Russians to live a worse life than they otherwise would have done; it also condemns future generations to the same.

    explains the apparent resilience of growth and employment in the face of increasingly tight sanctions.

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