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Konstantin Sonin is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.

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  1. Making Sense of Russia’s War Economy
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    Making Sense of Russia’s War Economy

    Oct 4, 2024 Konstantin Sonin explains the apparent resilience of growth and employment in the face of increasingly tight sanctions.

  2. How NATO Can Help End the Ukraine War
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    How NATO Can Help End the Ukraine War

    Aug 20, 2024 Roger Myerson, et al. view security guarantees from the US and its Atlantic allies as prerequisites of a negotiated peace.

  3. Sympathy for the Oligarch
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    Sympathy for the Oligarch

    Aug 18, 2023 Konstantin Sonin laments the sanctioning of two pioneers of Russia’s market economy, Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman.

  4. How Russia Could Benefit from Ukraine’s NATO Membership
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    How Russia Could Benefit from Ukraine’s NATO Membership

    Jul 24, 2023 Konstantin Sonin argues that entry into the alliance would mark the end of Vladimir Putin’s imperial aspirations.

  5. Ukraine Beyond the Impeachment Headlines
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    Ukraine Beyond the Impeachment Headlines

    Jan 29, 2020 Konstantin Sonin laments that the media's focus on corruption is ignoring positive changes under President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.
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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

    It took a pandemic and the threat of war to get Germany to dispense with the two taboos – against debt and monetary financing of budgets – that have strangled its governments for decades. Now, it must join the rest of Europe in offering a positive vision of self-sufficiency and an “anti-fascist economic policy.”

     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 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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