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Alexander Soros is a deputy chairman of the Open Society Foundations. 

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  1. A Biden Victory Could Reset Transatlantic Relations
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    A Biden Victory Could Reset Transatlantic Relations

    Jul 3, 2020 Alex Soros rebuts claims that a Democratic administration in the United States would mean more of the same for Europe.

  2. The Spirit of Milan
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    The Spirit of Milan

    Mar 31, 2020 Alex Soros sees in the city's plight a chance for Europe to save itself – and a growing risk that it won't.

  3. Colombia’s Libraries of Peace
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    Colombia’s Libraries of Peace

    Jun 27, 2017 Alex Soros & Patrick Weil praise President Juan Manuel Santos's use of pop-up libraries to re-integrate former militants.

  4. The Killing Forests
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    The Killing Forests

    Nov 17, 2014 Alex Soros urges Peru's government to curb deforestation by upholding indigenous people's land rights.

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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

     see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

     predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.

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