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Dmitri Trenin

Dmitri Trenin

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Dmitri Trenin, a former director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, is the author, most recently, of Russia (Polity, 2019). 

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  1. War Games Are No Game
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    War Games Are No Game

    Sep 8, 2021 Dmitri Trenin, et al. call on NATO, Russian, and Chinese military leaders to activate neglected confidence-building mechanisms.

  2. China’s Victory in Ukraine
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    China’s Victory in Ukraine

    Jul 31, 2014 Dmitri Trenin says that only one major country stands to gain from Russia's conflict with the West.

  3. Securing the Sochi Olympics

    Securing the Sochi Olympics

    Feb 4, 2014 Dmitri Trenin warns that Russia's effort to prevent terrorist attacks at the Winter Olympics could leave the rest of the country vulnerable.

  4. Integrating Russia’s Post-Imperium
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    Integrating Russia’s Post-Imperium

    Nov 2, 2011 Dmitri Trenin

  5. Russia Hits the Reset Button
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    Russia Hits the Reset Button

    May 31, 2010 Dmitri Trenin

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    Democracy Needs Workers

    Bartosz M. Rydliński urges center-left parties in the West to reconnect with voters who increasingly support far-right populists.
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

    Daron Acemoglu

    Judging by the current paradigm in the technology industry, we cannot rule out the worst of all possible worlds: none of the transformative potential of AI, but all of the labor displacement, misinformation, and manipulation. But it’s not too late to change course.

    fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.
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    Big Money Beat Bigger Money in the US Election

    Hippolyte Fofack warns that the ultra-rich are corroding US democracy, even if they can’t always spend their way to power.
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    Europe’s Economy Is Stalling Out

    Kenneth Rogoff explains why the EU’s long-term economic slump is not likely to end anytime soon.
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    The Techno-Realist Manifesto

    Nicholas Agar & Stuart Whatley question the widespread belief that all our biggest problems will soon succumb to engineered solutions.
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    Has Angela Merkel No Shame?

    Sławomir Sierakowski marvels at the former German chancellor’s denial of her own role in Europe’s current malaise.
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    Is America the Next Soviet Union?

    Harold James sees parallels between the United States’ political dysfunction and that of its twentieth-century adversary.
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    A New Chance for the Middle East

    Richard Haass sees hope for long-term ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza if political leaders recognize their own interests.
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    The Unpleasant Surprises That Await Trump

    Moisés Naím thinks the US president-elect – and his voters – are in for a rude domestic and international awakening.

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