Tarja Halonen

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Tarja Halonen is President of the Republic of Finland and a Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.

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Seizing Sustainable Development

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Feb 5, 2012 Jacob Zuma & Tarja Halonen

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Germany Is Still Playing Defense

Dec 13, 2018 Sławomir Sierakowski expects little progress on EU reforms after the Christian Democratic Union's recent leadership election.

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Trump’s Anti-Service Economy

Dec 13, 2018 Anne O. Krueger says the future of growth and employment is in sunrise industries that are harmed by protectionism.

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Trump’s Economic War of Choice

Dec 13, 2018 Jim O'Neill says that US attempts to kneecap the Chinese economy are both misguided and potentially self-defeating.

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The Referendum Risk

Dec 13, 2018 Ngaire Woods warns that another “people's vote” on Brexit must not enable politicians to evade responsibility.

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Making Retirement Work

Dec 12, 2018 Edoardo Campanella thinks that public pension benefits should be made conditional on some form of community work.

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Cities Hold the Key to Food Sustainability

Dec 12, 2018 Raj Patel shows how powerful urban interests are stymieing municipal governments' power to protect their citizens.

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The Lethal Consequences of Misclassifying Dolphins

Dec 12, 2018 Peter Singer calls on Japan's courts to stop the brutal annual slaughter of highly intelligent mammals.

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The Revolution Europe Needs

Dec 12, 2018 Guy Verhofstadt sees the Yellow Vest uprising as yet another sign that the EU needs to democratize and become sovereign.

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