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Kevin Rudd, twice prime minister of Australia, is President of the Asia Society, convener of the High-Level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero, and the author of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China (PublicAffairs, 2022).

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  1. The Climate Fight Is Asia’s Leadership Opportunity
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    The Climate Fight Is Asia’s Leadership Opportunity

    Nov 14, 2022 Kevin Rudd & Ban Ki-moon urge the region's leaders to unite the G20 agenda around the opportunities offered by the green transition.

  2. China’s Lessons from Russia’s War
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    China’s Lessons from Russia’s War

    Jun 17, 2022 Kevin Rudd considers how Russia’s fumbled invasion of Ukraine will affect Xi Jinping’s strategic thinking.

  3. A Tribunal for Putin's War Crimes
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    A Tribunal for Putin's War Crimes

    Mar 22, 2022 Gordon Brown, et al. identify legal avenues for holding the Russian regime accountable for its aggression against Ukraine.

  4. An Interview with Kevin Rudd
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    An Interview with Kevin Rudd

    Mar 1, 2022 Kevin Rudd assesses Xi Jinping’s vulnerabilities, considers how the China-Russia partnership could affect nuclear arms control, and predicts what the war in Ukraine will mean for Taiwan.

  5. Preventing a US-China Nuclear Arms Race
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    Preventing a US-China Nuclear Arms Race

    Dec 4, 2021 Kevin Rudd proposes confidence-building measures to forestall a dangerous Cold War-style escalation.

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    Europe Confronts the Ghosts of History

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights just how profound a transformation European – especially German – rearmament represents.
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    Trump’s Self-Inflicted Trade Disaster

    Kaushik Basu

    US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have triggered a wave of retaliatory measures, setting off a trade war with key partners and raising fears of a global downturn. But while Trump’s protectionism and erratic policy shifts could have far-reaching implications, the greatest victim is likely to be the United States itself.

     warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.
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    The End of Germany’s Economic Delusions?

    Katharina Pistor welcomes the apparent departure from two policy taboos that have strangled the country's investment.
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    The Fed, the Fund, and the Bank in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Barry Eichengreen

    Unlike during his first term, US President Donald Trump no longer seems to care if his policies wreak havoc in financial markets. This time around, Trump seems to be obsessed with his radical approach to institutional deconstruction, which includes targeting the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

     explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.
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    Europe Can Easily Safeguard Ukraine

    Daniel Gros points out that the EU, the UK, and Norway have all they need to keep Russia at bay, without help from the US.
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    Toward a North American Economic Union

    Nouriel Roubini explains why Canada, Mexico, and the United States should pursue EU-style integration.
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    Why Global Governance Is Failing

    Antara Haldar argues that we need to look beyond the nation-state to develop a more “planetary” mode of thinking.
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    Europe Must Break Free from Its Digital Dependence

    Cristina Caffarra highlights a new push to bolster the EU’s technological capabilities and achieve strategic autonomy.
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    The Key to Universal Energy Access Is Green

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven & Francesco La Camera tout the transformative potential of distributed renewable energy systems.

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