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Shahin Vallée

Shahin Vallée

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Shahin Vallée, a former economic advisor to the French Minister of Economy, is a senior economist at Soros Fund Management.

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  1. Germany’s Great European Heist
     German Chancellor Angela Merkel watches as a member of the German Navy's Special Forces boards from a speedboat Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Germany’s Great European Heist

    May 15, 2018 Adam Tooze & Shahin Vallée turn German complaints about economic free riding in the EU against the country's own free riding on defense.

  2. Resolving Europe’s Banking Crisis in Italy
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    Resolving Europe’s Banking Crisis in Italy

    Oct 14, 2016 Lucrezia Reichlin & Shahin Vallée bemoan the EU's conceptually flawed approach to resolving distressed financial institutions.

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    National Sovereignty’s Silver Lining

    Dani Rodrik

    Despite the dire predictions that have accompanied the decline of global governance, less international cooperation does not necessarily mean disaster. In fact, national governments can prioritize domestic prosperity and social cohesion over multilateralism without harming the global economy.

    explains how countries can help the global economy by pursuing their own economic-policy agendas.
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    Russia’s New Rasputin

    Nina L. Khrushcheva suggests that Yevgeny Prigozhin's escalating attacks on the country's elites reflect the regime's decadence.
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    Macron and the Future of Françafrique

    Hippolyte Fofack urges France to abandon its extractive colonial model as it seeks to rebalance relations with the continent.
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    The View from Poland

    Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross

    Although Russia's war in Ukraine has galvanized Polish society and elevated the country's status internationally, it is also obscuring some deeply troubling domestic political developments. Whether liberal democracy will prevail over reactionary authoritarianism in Poland is now an open question.

    about recent domestic and geopolitical developments that will shape the country's future.
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    Nationalists Abroad

    Ian Buruma explains how displacement can make expatriates and minorities more susceptible to extremist ideologies.
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    All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security

    Richard Maude considers the implications of the complete collapse of defense diplomacy between the US and China.
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    How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field

    Maxwell Gomera shows how artificial intelligence can strengthen low-income countries' hand in global negotiations.
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    Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet

    Olivia White, et al. outline four medium-term scenarios for the world economy, each implying dramatically different outcomes.
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    The Ukraine-Russia Culture War

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub survey the heated battles that have been playing out far from the physical battlefield.

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