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Michael Burleigh

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Michael Burleigh, a senior fellow at LSE Ideas, is the author, most recently, of Populism: Before and After the Pandemic (Hurst 2021).

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  1. A Dangerous New Variant of Populism
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    A Dangerous New Variant of Populism

    Aug 10, 2021 Michael Burleigh warns that conspiracy theorists and cranks are becoming fellow travelers to anti-green constituencies.

  2. Killer Politics
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    Killer Politics

    Jun 18, 2021 Michael Burleigh considers the history of assassination, its abiding place in popular culture, and its comeback as a tactic.

  3. The Second Coming of Fascism?
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    The Second Coming of Fascism?

    Jan 3, 2019 Michael Burleigh thinks we are witnessing not the rise of new Mussolinis, but the decay of modern conservatism.

  4. Brexit vs. the Irish Question
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    Brexit vs. the Irish Question

    Nov 7, 2018 Michael Burleigh marvels at Conservative Brexiteers' utter failure to consider the future of the peace accord – or of the UK.

  5. Confronting a New Era of Anti-Semitism
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    Confronting a New Era of Anti-Semitism

    Apr 6, 2017 Michael Burleigh finds hope in World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder's efforts to combat hate worldwide.

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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

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    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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