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Niclas Hällström, Director of WhatNext?, is a member of the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition and Development.

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  1. Solar Geoengineering Is a Dangerous Distraction
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    Solar Geoengineering Is a Dangerous Distraction

    Apr 1, 2024 Yacob Mulugetta, et al. urge the international community to heed African countries’ warnings about speculative climate fixes.

  2. The Myth of Net-Zero Emissions
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    The Myth of Net-Zero Emissions

    Dec 8, 2014 Lili Fuhr & Niclas Hällström sharply criticize climate-change goals that are based on risky or underdeveloped technologies.

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    An Economic Agenda for Mexico’s New President

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    Claudia Sheinbaum must abandon the fantasy that the informal sector will naturally disappear as growth accelerates. Instead, she must commit to eliminating the perverse incentives that arise from the disparate treatment of formal and informal activities, as well as to reforming the tax system.

     urges President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to break with the policies of her mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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    The Ukraine War Threatens Russia’s Regional Influence

    Galip Dalay explains why, absent a total victory, the Kremlin’s power in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean will fade.
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    The Primacy of Political Order

    Andrés Velasco explains why there can be no pursuit of liberty or equality without it.
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    No Quiet for Europe on the Eastern Front

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains how Poland, Finland, and the Baltic countries are preparing for a potential war with Russia.
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    What Comes After Neoliberalism?

    Governments that had spent nearly a half-century preaching the virtues of free trade, deregulation, and hyperglobalization are now imposing import tariffs and export restrictions, adopting industrial policies, and lavishing subsidies on domestic firms in favored sectors, like green tech. With many observers heralding the death of neoliberalism, we asked PS commentators what comes next.

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    What the Weimar Triangle Could Do for Europe

    Mark Leonard thinks a Franco-German-Polish leadership trifecta could breathe new life into the European Union.
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    Old and New Lessons from the Ukraine War

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. revisits eight takeaways and predictions from the first four months after Russia's invasion.
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    What the EU Has Done for Us

    Nadia Calviño urges voters in this week’s elections not to take their greatest shared institution for granted.
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    American Business Will Regret Writing Off Democracy

    Katharina Pistor explains why endorsing Donald Trump is a bad bet for today’s titans of the US economy.

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