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Maciej Kisilowski

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Maciej Kisilowski is Associate Professor of Law and Strategy at Central European University in Vienna.

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  1. How Poland Won Back Its Democracy
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    How Poland Won Back Its Democracy

    Nov 6, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski highlights five critical factors that propelled the country’s anti-populist opposition to victory.

  2. Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?
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    Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?

    Oct 16, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski worries that the populist Law and Justice party will abuse its power to subvert the election result.

  3. Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Oct 2, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.

  4. The Authoritarian Hangover
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    The Authoritarian Hangover

    May 9, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk consider the dilemma that confronts democratic forces after they topple populist leaders.

  5. Does the West Need Autocrats to Fight Putin?
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    Does the West Need Autocrats to Fight Putin?

    Mar 23, 2022 Maciej Kisilowski thinks the sudden reliance on authoritarian regimes in Poland and elsewhere is both ill-advised and unnecessary.

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    Accelerating Latin America’s Clean-Energy Revolution

    Patricia Espinosa & Lourdes Melgar tout the huge opportunities and identify the main challenges of the transition to renewables in the region.
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    What Anti-Trumpism Is Missing

    Daron Acemoglu urges Democrats to support working-class interests and priorities after many years of neglect.
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    Beware the New Consensus on the Global Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    Despite an increasingly challenging economic and geopolitical environment, the global economy performed better than expected over the past year. But although analysts’ projections for 2023 were too pessimistic, it appears that consensus forecasts for the coming year may have have swung too far in the opposite direction.

     worries that domestic political divisions and market volatility could exacerbate financial vulnerabilities.
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    The Future of China’s Financial System

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng assess the outcome of the country’s first Central Financial Work Conference in six years.
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    Mapping the Future of ESG at COP28

    Vijay Bains predicts that the upcoming climate summit in Dubai will build a global consensus on sustainable investing.
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    Cry for Milei’s Argentina

    Paola Subacchi cautions against the incoming leader’s pledge to establish the greenback as the sole legal tender.
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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Ban Ki-moon, et al.

    If COP28 is to be judged a success, the UAE, as the summit’s host, and other hydrocarbon producers should promise to dedicate some of the windfall oil and gas profits they earned last year to accelerating the green transition in the Global South. Doing so could encourage historic and current emitters to pay their fair share.

     urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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    Germany’s Debt Brake Is Breaking Its Economy

    Marcel Fratzscher warns that a flawed constitutional rule is undermining the country’s ability to pursue essential reforms.
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    Why COP28 Has Already Failed

    Marta Schaaf & Kristine Beckerle say that the UAE’s repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo.

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