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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Writing for PS since 2006
109 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department, is CEO of the think tank New America, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and the author of Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics (Princeton University Press, 2021).

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  1. A Summit Caught Between Past and Future
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    A Summit Caught Between Past and Future

    Sep 24, 2024 Thomas Hale & Anne-Marie Slaughter look past the platitudes in the UN’s Pact for the Future and glimpse the contours of a new multilateral system.

  2. Anne-Marie Slaughter on US polarization, the Ukraine war, AI, and more
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    Anne-Marie Slaughter on US polarization, the Ukraine war, AI, and more

    Sep 24, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter urges the EU to begin preparations for a prolonged, but not permanent, division of Ukraine, considers the prospect of “democratic artificial intelligence,” describes necessary reforms to US electoral systems, and more.

  3. Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Jul 26, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.

  4. Can AI Improve Family Life?
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    Can AI Improve Family Life?

    May 27, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Avni Patel Thompson foresee parents and other caregivers spending more time on meaningful activities, and less time on drudgery.

  5. A Network-Based Approach to Health in Ukraine
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    A Network-Based Approach to Health in Ukraine

    Mar 21, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Kelly Saldaña envision a health-care system capable of responding to the complex demands of a conflict environment.

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    Making Biodiversity Credits Work

    Almir Narayamoga Suruí & Simon Zadek suggest how to realize the potential of this innovative mechanism for financing nature conservation.
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.
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    What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development

    Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun.
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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    First Trump Came for the Immigrants

    Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.
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    Will the IMF Survive to 100?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

    propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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    European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

    Friedrich Merz

    The old Europe of the Cold War sought comfort in the past and confidence in the solitary US leadership that defined the era. Unfortunately, when it comes to its own security, Europe seemingly remains in a time warp, stuck somewhere before 1989.

    laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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    The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

    Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability.
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    The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

    Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics.

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