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  1. Shlomo Ben-Ami

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    Writing for PS since 2006
    211 Commentaries

    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).

  2. Carl Bildt

    Carl Bildt

    Writing for PS since 2009
    118 Commentaries

    Carl Bildt was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and prime minister from 1991 to 1994, when he negotiated Sweden’s EU accession. A renowned international diplomat, he served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference. He is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations. 

  3. Gordon Brown

    Gordon Brown

    Writing for PS since 2010
    102 Commentaries

    Gordon Brown, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

  4. Kaushik Basu

    Kaushik Basu

    Writing for PS since 2002
    96 Commentaries

    Kaushik Basu, a former chief economist of the World Bank and chief economic adviser to the Government of India, is Professor of Economics at Cornell University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

  5. Michael J. Boskin

    Michael J. Boskin

    Writing for PS since 2009
    92 Commentaries

    Michael J. Boskin is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was Chairman of George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 to 1993, and headed the so-called Boskin Commission, a congressional advisory body that highlighted errors in official US inflation estimates.

  6. Willem H. Buiter

    Willem H. Buiter

    Writing for PS since 2018
    51 Commentaries

    Willem H. Buiter, a former chief economist at Citibank and former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, is an independent economic adviser.

  7. Erik Berglöf

    Erik Berglöf

    Writing for PS since 2008
    39 Commentaries

    Erik Berglöf is Chief Economist of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. 

  8. Christoph Bertram

    Christoph Bertram

    Writing for PS since 1994
    35 Commentaries

    Christoph Bertram is a former director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. 

  9. Shahid Javed Burki

    Shahid Javed Burki

    Writing for PS since 2010
    30 Commentaries

    Shahid Javed Burki, a former finance minister of Pakistan and vice president of the World Bank, is currently Chairman of the Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy in Lahore.

  10. Bertrand Badré

    Bertrand Badré

    Writing for PS since 2014
    29 Commentaries

    Bertrand Badré, a former managing director of the World Bank, is CEO and Founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital and the author of Can Finance Save the World? (Berrett-Koehler, 2018).

  11. Jagdish Bhagwati

    Jagdish Bhagwati

    Writing for PS since 2010
    28 Commentaries

    Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. A renowned expert on international trade, he has served in top-level advisory positions for the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, including Economic Policy Adviser to the Director-General, GATT (1991-93), and Special Adviser to the UN on globalization. He is the author of many books, including In Defense of Globalization.

  12. Ian Bremmer

    Ian Bremmer

    Writing for PS since 2006
    27 Commentaries

    Ian Bremmer is Founder and President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.

  13. Tony Blair

    Tony Blair

    Writing for PS since 2009
    26 Commentaries

    Tony Blair, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

  14. Barak Barfi

    Barak Barfi

    Writing for PS since 2011
    26 Commentaries

    Barak Barfi is a former research fellow at New America and a former visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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    The Moral of the China Story

    Yuen Yuen Ang explains why the world’s second-largest economy has gone from being a model to a warning in just six years.
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    American Anxiety

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    With a likely rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election, America and the rest of the world were heading into a perilous period even before the latest conflagration in the Middle East. Turmoil in the region will cloud the broader economic outlook – and could dim Biden’s chances.

    worries global economic and political developments will put Donald Trump back in the White House.
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    The Great Fragmentation

    Beata Javorcik thinks efforts to block the Chinese economy’s access to key technologies risks doing more harm than good.
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    The Battles Ukraine Has Already Won

    Yuliya Tymoshenko touts three successes that make ultimate victory in the war against Russia more likely.
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    Restoring Trust in Global Leadership

    Sri Mulyani Indrawati calls on the international community to mitigate the threats posed by conflicts and climate change.
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    Could the Israel-Hamas War Lead to Peace?

    Charles A. Kupchan

    It is hard to see anything good coming from the current spasm of violence between Israel and Hamas. But this tragedy, which has forced both Israelis and Palestinians to stare into the abyss, might prove to be a turning point that will clear the path for a lasting peace.

    considers how the current conflagration might pave the way for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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    The Shape of Power in 2024

    Adekeye Adebajo, et al.

    Around the world, foreign-policy strategists are grappling with new international dynamics, from the Sino-American rivalry and ongoing hot wars to the broader breakdown in multilateral global governance. However, there is much debate about whether global power and alignments are truly shifting, and in what ways.

    consider whether the world will become more multipolar or “non-aligned” in the new year.
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    Europe’s Chinese New Year

    Zaki Laïdi describes the delicate balance the EU is seeking to strike in its relationship with the People’s Republic.
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    The Outlook for Multilateralism in 2024

    Mark Malloch-Brown considers whether sorely needed reforms to global-governance institutions are still possible or likely.

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