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Nicu Popescu, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is a former minister of foreign affairs and European integration of Moldova.

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  1. The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Feb 21, 2025 Nicu Popescu sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.

  2. Europe Needs a Defense Production Act
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    Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

    Jan 8, 2025 Nicu Popescu urges EU member states to bolster their defense capabilities to guard against future Russian aggression.

  3. Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia
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    Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia

    Apr 22, 2024 Laurence Boone & Nicu Popescu propose a European Defense Production Act to help fast-track processes for public procurement and spending.

  4. Russia in Reverse
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    Russia in Reverse

    May 7, 2012 Nicu Popescu

  5. Partnership? What Partnership?
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    Partnership? What Partnership?

    May 6, 2009 Andrew Wilson & Nicu Popescu

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    Why Frugal AI Alone Won’t Fix AI’s Energy Problem

    Boris Ruf explains why shifting the responsibility for reducing AI’s carbon footprint to end users is counterproductive.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim

    Today's profound global uncertainty is not some accident of history or consequence of values-free technologies. Rather, it reflects the will of rival great powers that continue to ignore the seminal economic and social changes underway in other parts of the world.

     explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.
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    Europe Confronts the Ghosts of History

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights just how profound a transformation European – especially German – rearmament represents.
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    Trump’s Self-Inflicted Trade Disaster

    Kaushik Basu

    US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have triggered a wave of retaliatory measures, setting off a trade war with key partners and raising fears of a global downturn. But while Trump’s protectionism and erratic policy shifts could have far-reaching implications, the greatest victim is likely to be the United States itself.

     warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.
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    The End of Germany’s Economic Delusions?

    Katharina Pistor welcomes the apparent departure from two policy taboos that have strangled the country's investment.
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    The Fed, the Fund, and the Bank in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Barry Eichengreen explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.

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