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Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

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Anwar Ibrahim is Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia.

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  1. The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Mar 14, 2025 Anwar Ibrahim explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.

  2. ASEAN’s Second Renaissance Is Now
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    ASEAN’s Second Renaissance Is Now

    Dec 16, 2024 Anwar Ibrahim explains how the group can improve connectivity and reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities in the coming year.

  3. To Democracy and Back in Southeast Asia
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    To Democracy and Back in Southeast Asia

    Dec 4, 2021 Anwar Ibrahim argues that the poor will suffer most from the return of authoritarianism in the region.

  4. How Democracy Is Won
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    How Democracy Is Won

    Jan 7, 2019 Anwar Ibrahim reflects on Malaysia’s historic May 2018 election, and explains the new government’s reform agenda.

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    Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

    Ricardo Hausmann identifies the fundamental flaw in the administration’s efforts to dismantle the postwar international order.
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    A World Turned Inside Out

    Stephen S. Roach

    The geostrategic shock that has accompanied Donald Trump’s return to the White House is the functional equivalent of a full-blown crisis. It is likely to have a lasting impact on the US and Chinese economies, and the contagion is almost certain to spread throughout the world through cross-border trade and capital flows.

    likens Donald Trump’s reversal of America’s global leadership role to a full-blown crisis, similar to COVID-19.
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    Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

    Jorge Heine urges the Organization of American States to demonstrate leadership in Haiti, shows how small countries can implement a foreign policy based on active non-alignment, calls on China and Europe to diversify the global monetary system, and more.
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    Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

    Wolfgang Fengler explains why economic growth alone is not enough to extend the ladder of opportunity to all.
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    Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

    Hippolyte Fofack

    US President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s foreign-aid program may be the wake-up call African leaders need. If necessity is the mother of invention, the end of USAID could galvanize African governments to confront their countries’ challenges head-on.

    sees opportunities to promote local growth following a massive reduction in foreign aid.
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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.

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