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Richard Weitz

Richard Weitz

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Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute.

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  1. Better THAAD than Dead
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    Better THAAD than Dead

    Aug 10, 2016 Richard Weitz warns that the alternative to missile defense in Northeast Asia is nuclear weapons.

  2. Putin’s Winning Streak
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    Putin’s Winning Streak

    Dec 29, 2014 Richard Weitz traces the implications of Russia's recent diplomatic progress in Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan.

  3. Nobel’s Toxic Avengers
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    Nobel’s Toxic Avengers

    Oct 12, 2013 Richard Weitz on the merits of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for mitigating the threat of chemical attacks.

  4. Obama’s Russian Roadblock
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    Obama’s Russian Roadblock

    Jul 16, 2013 Richard Weitz

  5. Nuclear Disarmament’s Asian Pivot
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    Nuclear Disarmament’s Asian Pivot

    Mar 25, 2013 Richard Weitz

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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

    thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.

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