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Sameh Shoukry is COP27 President and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Justice for Climate Migrants
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    Justice for Climate Migrants

    Nov 28, 2023 Sameh Shoukry & Amy E. Pope urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.

  2. The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming
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    The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming

    May 25, 2023 Sameh Shoukry assesses recent efforts to implement a crucial initiative agreed at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference.

  3. The COP of No Return
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    The COP of No Return

    Oct 11, 2022 Sameh Shoukry considers what it will take to make next month’s UN Climate Change Conference a success.

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    Can the Liberal International Order Survive Without America?

    Chris Patten urges Western countries to safeguard the institutions that have underpinned their postwar stability.
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    Tariff Man’s Risky Bet

    Carla Norrlöf

    In betting that the economic fallout from his sweeping new tariffs will be worth the gains in border security, US President Donald Trump is gambling with America’s long-term influence and prosperity. In the future, more countries will have even stronger reasons to try to reduce their reliance on the United States.

     thinks Donald Trump's trade policies will undermine the very goals they aim to achieve.
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    The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

    Melissa Parke calls for eliminating arsenals to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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    A Sputnik Moment for AI?

    Daron Acemoglu

    While America’s AI industry arguably needed shaking up, the news of a Chinese startup beating Big Tech at its own game raises some difficult questions. Fortunately, if US tech leaders and policymakers can take the right lessons from DeepSeek's success, we could all end up better for it.

     considers what an apparent Chinese breakthrough means for the US tech industry, and innovation more broadly.
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    Danish Media’s United Stand Against Big Tech

    Karen Rønde urges all publishers to bargain collectively to secure the fair compensation quality journalism requires.
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    East Asia Braces for Trump 2.0

    Takatoshi Ito warns America’s key regional allies to be prepared to make concessions to the new US administration.
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    Africa Needs Mineral Security, Too

    Daniel M. Franks & Rüya Perincek highlight the necessity of building local value chains tailored to the continent’s economic realities.
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    Mitigating AI’s Climate Costs

    Sherif Elsayed-Ali proposes ways to realize the technology’s potential while mitigating its massive carbon footprint.
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    What Does Trump 2.0 Mean for Venezuela?

    Moisés Naím thinks the Maduro regime’s fate – and the country’s future – will be largely shaped by US policymakers.

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