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Camila Villard Duran is Associate Professor of Law at ESSCA School of Management.

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  1. The EU Must Not Give Up on a Mercosur Trade Deal
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    The EU Must Not Give Up on a Mercosur Trade Deal

    Feb 19, 2024 Camila Villard Duran calls on European policymakers to recalibrate their diplomatic strategy toward the Latin American bloc.

  2. Getting to Monetary Integration in Latin America
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    Getting to Monetary Integration in Latin America

    Feb 1, 2023 Camila Villard Duran explains why the vision of a regional unit of account, advanced by Brazil and Argentina, is achievable.

  3. Bolsonarism After Bolsonaro
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    Bolsonarism After Bolsonaro

    Oct 31, 2022 Camila Villard Duran cautions jubilant Brazilians that the forces that backed the defeated far-right president remain powerful.

  4. Brazil's Besieged Democracy
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    Brazil's Besieged Democracy

    Dec 4, 2021 Camila Villard Duran warns that President Jair Bolsonaro's failures are obscuring his success in restoring the military to power.

  5. Global Money for the Poor
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    Global Money for the Poor

    Aug 13, 2019 Camila Villard Duran hopes new technology will spur the establishment of a cheap, reliable payment system for the less well-off.

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    America’s Voice No Longer Speaks for Democracy

    Heela Rasool-Ayub explains why authoritarians worldwide are celebrating Donald Trump’s renunciation of democratic advocacy.
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    Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

    Pierre du Rostu touts the technology’s benefits for an industry that must shift its focus from paying claims to managing risk.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.
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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

     argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

     examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    Israel’s Blind Spot

    Ian Buruma explains the lack of sympathy, even among the country’s many anti-war protesters, for Palestinian suffering.

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