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Negar Mortazavi

Negar Mortazavi

Negar Mortazavi, an editor and host of The Iran Podcast, is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.

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    War Is What Hamas and Iran Want

    Bernard Haykel

    The latest Gaza war presents the United States and governments across the Middle East with an opportunity to end Hamas and Iran’s cynical project of creating chaos. But first, Israel must be stopped from expelling the Palestinians from Gaza, as that would radicalize and destabilize the entire region.

    warns that Israel’s scorched-earth Gaza campaign risks playing into its enemies’ hands.
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    A Trump Dictatorship Won’t Happen

    Eric Posner doubts that the former president would be able to overcome constitutional checks and balances if re-elected.
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    An African Success Story for Development Finance

    Akihiko Nishio & Victoria Kwakwa highlight the effectiveness of the concessional lending provided by the International Development Association.
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    The Google Trial’s Dangerous Secrecy

    Karina Montoya warns that the tech behemoth’s success in limiting public access to legal proceedings threatens press freedom.
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    A Green Economy Needs More Than Subsidies

    David Amiel explains why achieving climate goals requires a broader combination of sector-specific policy instruments.
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    What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?

    Nikki Reisch argues that corporate capture is preventing the annual COPs from driving an exit from fossil fuels.
  7. alqassimi1_PAWAN SHARMAAFP via Getty Images_flooding historic sites PAWAN SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images

    The Power of Culture-Based Climate Action

    Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi & Margareth Menezes highlight the unique ability of indigenous knowledge and methods to generate sustainable solutions.
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    The Global South’s Debt Crisis Is Thwarting Climate Ambition

    María Fernanda Espinosa & Rishikesh Ram Bhandary warn that lack of fiscal space in the developing world is impeding progress on the clean-energy transition.
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    Higher Interest Rates Are Here to Stay

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The long-standing economic consensus that interest rates would remain low indefinitely, making debt cost-free, is no longer tenable. Even if inflation declines, soaring debt levels, deglobalization, and populist pressures will keep rates higher for the next decade than they were in the decade following the 2008 financial crisis.

    thinks that policymakers and economists must reassess their beliefs in light of current market realities.

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