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Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a former UN high commissioner for human rights, is President of the International Peace Institute.

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  1. Kofi Annan’s Lessons in Global Leadership
    nannan1_FABRICE COFFRINIAFP via Getty Images_kofiannan Fabrice Corffrini/AFP via Getty Images

    Kofi Annan’s Lessons in Global Leadership

    May 13, 2022 Nane Annan, et al. argue that today’s crises call for leaders who reflect the former UN secretary-general’s virtues.

  2. Europe’s Refugee Problem, Then and Now
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    Europe’s Refugee Problem, Then and Now

    May 28, 2015 Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein likens the rejectionist stance taken by political leaders today to that of their forebears in 1938.

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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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