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António Guterres

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António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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  1. Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery
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    Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery

    Feb 3, 2021 Emmanuel Macron, et al. urge a new birth of international collaboration that is as inclusive as it is effective.

  2. Aid in a World of Crisis
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    Aid in a World of Crisis

    Jan 22, 2015 António Guterres urges the private sector to help humanitarian agencies confront unprecedented need.

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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”
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    America’s Grotesquely Mediocre Emperor

    Jan-Werner Mueller

    Is Caesarism – a term invented in the nineteenth century to describe Napoleon’s particular form of rule – a good analogy for understanding Donald Trump and his political project? Despite some striking parallels, the illusion that America’s president has created lacks any basis in genuine achievements.

     considers whether there is anything to lean from analogizing Donald Trump to Napoleon.
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    Trump and the Defense of Democracy in the Americas

    Jorge Heine attaches special importance to this month's Organization of American States leadership election.
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    Can Global Banking Rules Survive in a Fractured World?

    Howard Davies warns that changes in US foreign policy jeopardize efforts to create a common regulatory framework.
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    The Case Against European Rearmament

    Yanis Varoufakis

    If we truly want to strengthen Europe, the first step is not to rearm. It is to forge the democratic union without which stagnation will continue to erode Europe’s capacities, rendering it unable to rebuild what is left of Ukraine once Vladimir Putin is finished with it.

     argues that Europe's security depends above all on forging the democratic union that true strength requires.
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    What Trump 2.0 Means for Africa and Latin America

    Kenneth Rogoff highlights the far-reaching implications of the new administration’s move to slash foreign-aid funding.
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    Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old

    Anu Madgavkar & Marc Canal Noguer recommend policies that would mitigate the impact of increased longevity and declining birth rates.
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    Musk and DOGE Are Doing It Wrong

    Diane Coyle highlights the fundamental flaw in the Trump administration’s push to cut red tape and curb wasteful spending.
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    Who Will Lead the Democratic World?

    Ian Buruma thinks the onus of defending our political freedoms will be on two countries that once tried to destroy them.

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