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Mohamed ElBaradei

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Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

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  1. The Nuclear Threat Is Back
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    The Nuclear Threat Is Back

    Mar 7, 2022 Mohamed ElBaradei explains why not only reactors but also warheads have returned to the center of geopolitics.

  2. The America that Israel and Palestine Need
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    The America that Israel and Palestine Need

    Jul 16, 2021 Mohamed ElBaradei argues that a more evenhanded US approach to the decades-old conflict would help both sides.

  3. The Eternal Promise of the Arab Spring
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    The Eternal Promise of the Arab Spring

    Jan 14, 2021 Mohamed ElBaradei identifies four lessons from a decade of failed transitions to democracy in the region.

  4. Who Is Attacking Whom?
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    Who Is Attacking Whom?

    Jan 6, 2021 Mohamed ElBaradei calls for a grass-roots dialogue aimed at reframing the relationship between the West and the Islamic world.

  5. Building a Better Post-COVID World
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    Building a Better Post-COVID World

    Jun 12, 2020 Mohamed ElBaradei envisions a future shaped by values and principles like equality, inclusiveness, diversity, and solidarity.

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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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