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Oliver Geden

Oliver Geden

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Oliver Geden is head of the European Union research division at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

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  1. Toward a Viable Climate Target
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    Toward a Viable Climate Target

    May 18, 2016 Oliver Geden explains why reductions in greenhouse-gas emission make better targets than temperature thresholds.

  2. Pragmatism in Climate Policy
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    Pragmatism in Climate Policy

    Nov 23, 2015 Oliver Geden explains why a more modest, bottom-up approach to fighting global warming has emerged.

  3. A New Climate-Policy Paradigm
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    A New Climate-Policy Paradigm

    Aug 7, 2013 Oliver Geden on replacing the top-down approach to global climate policy.

  4. Beyond the Two-Degree Target
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    Beyond the Two-Degree Target

    Nov 15, 2010 Oliver Geden

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    Shock Therapy for Multilateralism

    Harold James considers what another Donald Trump presidency will, and will not, mean for global cooperation.
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    Will Trump Fire the Fed?

    Kenneth Rogoff

    Despite Donald Trump’s assurances that he will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, there is little doubt that the US president-elect aims to gain greater influence over the Fed’s decision-making. Such interference could drive up long-term interest rates, damaging the American economy.

    worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.
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    Crypto’s Unholy Choir

    Andrés Velasco hears a chorus of deceivers, demagogues, dictators, and tax dodgers singing Donald Trump’s praises.
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    What Are the BRICS Good For?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Following the addition of new members to the BRICS, some observers believe that the group has a good chance of becoming the new lodestar of global politics and international affairs. But the organization is neither representative enough nor sufficiently united to lead others.

    explains why the group of major emerging economies will not become the new fulcrum of world politics.
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    MAGA Goes to Panama

    Ruti Teitel asks whether the United States ever became truly reconciled to giving up control of the canal it built.
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    China Won’t Save Labour’s Britain

    Chris Patten urges British policymakers to focus instead on crafting polices that really can promote economic recovery.
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty of the Trump Economy

    Nouriel Roubini considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth and inflation.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.
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    A Politics of Hope Is Our Best Hope

    Ngaire Woods highlights the need for governments to be more ambitious in addressing the causes of citizens’ frustrations.

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