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Muhammad Hamid Zaman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University, is the author of Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle between People and Pathogens (Harper Wave, 2020).

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  1. The Challenge of Convergent Crises
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    The Challenge of Convergent Crises

    Feb 24, 2022 Muhammad Hamid Zaman says the connection between conflict, climate change, and antimicrobial resistance is becoming hard to ignore.

  2. Learning from COVID to Fight Drug-Resistant Disease
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    Learning from COVID to Fight Drug-Resistant Disease

    Jul 6, 2021 Muhammad Hamid Zaman hopes the new attention to public health will translate into preparedness for the next major challenge.

  3. Tackling Pandemics at Their Root
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    Tackling Pandemics at Their Root

    Jun 17, 2020 Muhammad Hamid Zaman urges tighter regulation of animal markets to help prevent a sequel to the COVID-19 crisis.

  4. The Climate-Conflict Nexus
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    The Climate-Conflict Nexus

    Dec 19, 2017 Muhammad Hamid Zaman calls for evidence-based, systems-level solutions to two mutually reinforcing public-health threats.

  5. Engineering Better Refugee Health Care
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    Engineering Better Refugee Health Care

    Aug 18, 2017 Muhammad Hamid Zaman shows how technological and logistical expertise can improve medical care for displaced people.

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    Trump at Davos

    Mark Leonard thinks there will be no return to the postwar global order of universally shared rules and institutions.
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    Manmohan Singh and the Making of the Indian Miracle

    Anne O. Krueger highlights the qualities that enabled the late leader to transform his country and lift its global standing.
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    Confronting the Pandemic’s Toxic Political Legacy

    Jan-Werner Mueller supports calls for countries to carry out independent inquiries into how the COVID-19 crisis was handled.
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    How Trump’s Anti-Globalism Could Backfire

    Harold James thinks the new administration's approach could jeopardize the foreign capital flows that America depends on.
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    How to Make COP30 a Climate Turning Point

    Ana Toni sees the main task in Belém, Brazil, as accelerating the implementation of existing agreements.
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    Trump’s Trade Scam

    Stephen S. Roach

    Donald Trump’s second administration is starting where his first ended – with distortions and convoluted logic. Perhaps most notable is his ludicrous proposal for an "External Revenue Service," which, contrary to the president’s claims, would collect tariff revenues from domestic importers, not from foreign producers.

     points out that the new “External Revenue Service” would target domestic importers, not foreign producers.
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    The Fed Is Running Scared of Trump

    Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

    The US Federal Reserve’s leadership constantly stresses the importance of “data dependence.” Yet, in order to appease Donald Trump, the Fed has decided to ignore a huge – and rapidly growing – pile of data showing that climate risks pose a grave threat to economic and financial stability.

     observes that political pressure is already undermining independent, data-driven decision-making.
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    Beware the TikTokalypse

    Todd G. Buchholz thinks calls to reverse the app’s ban or forced sale are based on a misunderstanding of its security risks.
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    Middle Powers and the Art of the Deal

    Anne-Marie Slaughter foresees the world under Donald Trump becoming like a bazaar, to the benefit of multi-aligned countries.

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