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Nick Butler, a visiting professor at King’s College London, is Founding Chair of the King’s Policy Institute and Chair of Promus Associates.

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  1. From Climate Justice to Climate Liability
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    From Climate Justice to Climate Liability

    Dec 15, 2022 Nick Butler explains why the importance of the COP27 "loss and damage" agreement should not be underestimated.

  2. The State Is Taking Back Energy
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    The State Is Taking Back Energy

    Oct 6, 2022 Nick Butler sees increased government intervention in the sector as necessary but too often suboptimal.

  3. Can Nuclear Energy Come Back from the Grave?
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    Can Nuclear Energy Come Back from the Grave?

    Jun 8, 2022 Nick Butler thinks the Ukraine war and high natural-gas prices could trigger a renaissance for the industry.

  4. Will America Become the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas?
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    Will America Become the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas?

    Apr 14, 2022 Nick Butler highlights the obstacles to the United States’ becoming the world’s supplier of last resort.

  5. Putin's War and World Energy
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    Putin's War and World Energy

    Mar 8, 2022 Nick Butler considers what the corporate exodus from Russia will mean for a sector at the heart of the global economy.

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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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