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Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, jointly with the IAEA.

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  1. The International Order Is Dying in Gaza
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    The International Order Is Dying in Gaza

    Jan 15, 2024 Mohamed ElBaradei argues that the conflict must be resolved swiftly and lead to an overhaul of the global security system.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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    The Language of Political Control

    Robert Skidelsky views recent linguistic innovations as manipulative efforts to compel “correct” thought and perception.
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    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.
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    The West’s New Infrastructure Imperative

    Diane Coyle explains why a broader conception of the term could reflect a renewed interest in investing in the future.
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    An Iran-Israel War?

    Iran’s mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel last week raised anew the specter of a widening Middle East war that draws in Iran and its proxies, as well as Western countries like the United States. The urgent need to defuse tensions – starting by ending Israel’s war in Gaza and pursuing a lasting political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is obvious, but can it be done?

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    What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like

    Mohamed Nasheed & Rakesh Mohan explain how the managing director can fully position the institution to help the most vulnerable countries.
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    The Key to Transforming African Health

    Jayati Ghosh highlights efforts to foster scientific innovation and drug manufacturing on the continent.
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    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

    Stephen S. Roach

    The most successful development stories almost always involve major shifts in the sources of economic growth, which in turn allow economies to reinvent themselves out of necessity or by design. In China, the interplay of mounting external pressures, lagging household consumption, and falling productivity will increasingly shape China’s policy choices in the years ahead.

     explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
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    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami

    Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.

     urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.
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    The Urgency of Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    José Antonio Ocampo highlights the need for a comprehensive mechanism to deliver relief to low- and middle-income countries.

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