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Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Writing for PS since 2010
151 commentaries

Jean Pisani-Ferry, a senior fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and a senior non-resident fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is a professor at Sciences Po and the co-author (with George Papaconstantinou) of New World New Rules: Global Cooperation in a World of Geopolitical Rivalries (Columbia University Press, 2025).

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  1. Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World
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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Mar 6, 2025 Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”

  2. Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump
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    Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump

    Jan 7, 2025 George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry suggest how global commons and interdependencies can be managed in the absence of a responsible superpower.

  3. The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Nov 15, 2024 Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.

  4. What Will It Take to Awaken Europe?
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    What Will It Take to Awaken Europe?

    Aug 30, 2024 Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that expert consensus on how to tackle the triple crisis facing the EU will not translate into action.

  5. Finding a New French Majority
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    Finding a New French Majority

    Jul 12, 2024 Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses what must happen to form a stable government after an election that produced a hung parliament.

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    Trump’s Tariffs and the Will to Power

    Richard K. Sherwin

    Donald Trump views tariffs as much more than a policy. While they will make life materially worse for people around the world – not least Americans – what matters to him is the spectacle of a heroic leader demonstrating his capacity to induce shock and awe.

    thinks those who question the rationality of recent US trade policy are missing the point.
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    Americans Can’t Win from Trump’s Trade War

    Nancy Qian sees only nonsense in the administration's rationale for “reciprocal” tariffs and the formula for setting them.
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    South Korea's Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy

    Katharine H.S. Moon

    While the Constitutional Court has upheld President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and formally removed him from office, South Korea’s fragile democracy is likely to remain on shaky ground. As long as political polarization persists, the threat of authoritarianism will continue to loom large.

    traces the country’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.
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    China’s World – or Europe’s?

    Orville Schell urges Europeans to dispel wishful thinking about what the post-American world will require of them.
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    A US Tariff Idea That Makes Sense

    Simon Johnson touts the benefits of a bipartisan Senate bill that would target Russian oil exports.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.
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    Trump’s Old World Order

    Ahmet Davutoğlu warns that the US administration’s reckless conduct may destroy the last vestiges of multilateral cooperation.
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    Crippling America’s Innovation Economy

    William H. Janeway warns that the pillars of US dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically toppled.

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