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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. The Middle East’s Marriages of Convenience
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    The Middle East’s Marriages of Convenience

    Apr 17, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami laments Israel's refusal to embrace the kind of pragmatic deal-making that the Arabs, Iranians, and Turks have.

  4. Peace Requires Betrayal
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    Peace Requires Betrayal

    Mar 20, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami shows why Ukraine and Russia will most likely have to pursue an unpopular endgame to stop the bloodshed.

  5. Netanyahu’s Sabotage of Israeli Democracy
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    Netanyahu’s Sabotage of Israeli Democracy

    Feb 17, 2023 Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights the stakes of the Netanyahu government’s plan to weaken the judiciary.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

     thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

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

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