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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Writing for PS since 2006
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Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is Vice President of the Toledo International Center for Peace and the author of Prophets without Honor: The 2000 Camp David Summit and the End of the Two-State Solution (Oxford University Press, 2022).

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  1. The Slow, Tragic Death of the Oslo Accords
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    The Slow, Tragic Death of the Oslo Accords

    Sep 15, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami explains why domestic political considerations doomed the peace process from the very beginning.

  2. Spain Dodges a Far-Right Bullet
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    Spain Dodges a Far-Right Bullet

    Jul 25, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami reflects on the unexpectedly weak performance of Francoist forces in last weekend’s snap election.

  3. Prigozhin Is a Symptom
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    Prigozhin Is a Symptom

    Jun 29, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin's privatization of national sovereignty has finally failed.

  4. Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    May 31, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

  5. Macron’s Gaullist Foreign Policy
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    Macron’s Gaullist Foreign Policy

    May 18, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami sees nothing surprising – or unwise – in France’s refusal to adhere blindly to US policy toward China.

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    The New World Disorder

    Richard Haass highlights the growing threat to international stability and calls for effective cooperation.
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    Latin America’s Growth Conundrum

    Arminio Fraga, et al.

    Since 1960, only a few countries in Latin America have narrowed the gap between their per capita income and that of the United States, while most of the region has lagged far behind. Making up for lost ground will require a coordinated effort, involving both technocratic tinkering and bold political leadership.

     explain what it will take finally to achieve economic convergence with advanced economies.
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    We Need to Talk About Bank Supervision

    Howard Davies thinks the renewed debate over commercial bank capital requirements largely misses the point.
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    The New Anatomy of Britain

    Robert Skidelsky laments the decline of UK institutions and the increasingly limited scope for meaningful action.
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    Financing Our Survival

    Vera Songwe

    Between now and the end of this decade, climate-related investments need to increase by orders of magnitude to keep the world on track toward achieving even more ambitious targets by mid-century. Fortunately, if done right, such investments could usher in an entirely new and better economy.

     explains what it will take to mobilize capital for the net-zero transition worldwide.
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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.

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