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Kent Harrington

Kent Harrington

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Kent Harrington, a former senior CIA analyst, served as national intelligence officer for East Asia, chief of station in Asia, and the CIA’s director of public affairs.

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  1. Spy vs. Spy
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    Spy vs. Spy

    Aug 29, 2023 Kent Harrington asks whether the West is repeating Cold War mistakes when it comes to Chinese intelligence activities.

  2. Xi Jinping’s Russian Albatross
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    Xi Jinping’s Russian Albatross

    Jul 14, 2023 Kent Harrington show why China's “no limits” partnership with Russia has become a liability it cannot throw off.

  3. What Do America’s Spies Really Think About China?
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    What Do America’s Spies Really Think About China?

    Mar 20, 2023 Kent Harrington thinks the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment should have delved deeper on the issue.

  4. The Conspiracy Congress
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    The Conspiracy Congress

    Feb 8, 2023 Kent Harrington explains how House Republicans’ bogus investigations will undermine US democracy and national security.

  5. Trump’s Blackmail Defense
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    Trump’s Blackmail Defense

    Aug 22, 2022 Kent Harrington notes that prosecuting the mishandling of top-secret information comes with unique challenges.

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    Democracies Are Not “Backsliding”

    Jan-Werner Mueller thinks the language commonly used to describe the shift toward authoritarianism is hampering solutions.
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    Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

    Yanis Varoufakis worries that the European Central Bank's blunders have revived the far right's political fortunes.
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    Bridging the Climate-Development Gap

    Dani Rodrik & Ishac Diwan explain how to free up fiscal space for sustainable development in many low- and middle-income countries.
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    Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng highlight the link between access to global markets and investment in research and development.
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    Ashoka Mody on Indian corruption, growth, jobs, and more

    Ashoka Mody explains the roots of the lack of accountability in India, highlights shortcomings in human capital and gender equality, casts doubt on the country’s ability to assume a Chinese-style role in manufacturing, and more.
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    Why India’s Women Are More Vulnerable to Disasters

    Joyita Roy Chowdhury & Prarthna Agarwal Goel call attention to gender inequalities that exacerbate the effects of floods and other natural catastrophes.
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    Europe in the Age of Industrial Policy

    Michael Spence

    While China and the US take advantage of scale to pursue large-scale investment in critical sectors, the EU struggles to follow suit, owing to its decentralized fiscal structures and rules limiting government subsidies to industry. A new EU-level investment program is urgently needed.

     advocates a federal investment program, funded by EU sovereign-debt issuance and administered centrally.
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    Fixing Global Governance

    Gordon Brown explains how to make the G20 and the Bretton Woods institutions fit for purpose once again.
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    The EU Needs Fiscal Union

    Lucrezia Reichlin laments the pro-cyclical bent of the European Commission’s proposed reforms to fiscal rules.

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