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Filippo Grandi

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Filippo Grandi is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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  1. The Moral Imperative of Refugee Education
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    The Moral Imperative of Refugee Education

    Feb 14, 2023 Filippo Grandi emphasizes the need and cost-effectiveness of providing displaced young people with the tools to thrive.

  2. Solidarity with Refugees Has a New Blueprint
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    Solidarity with Refugees Has a New Blueprint

    Dec 17, 2019 Filippo Grandi touts the Global Compact on Refugees as a guide to mounting an effective response to today's migration crises.

  3. Closing the Refugee Education Gap
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    Closing the Refugee Education Gap

    Aug 30, 2019 Filippo Grandi argues that low secondary-school enrollment for displaced children amounts to a massive lost opportunity.

  4. The Missing Link of Refugee Response
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    The Missing Link of Refugee Response

    Sep 4, 2018 Filippo Grandi shows why effective policies for displaced people must include educational opportunities.

  5. The Urgency of Refugee Education
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    The Urgency of Refugee Education

    Sep 14, 2017 Filippo Grandi says time is running out to ensure that displaced young people do not lose out on a future.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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