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Peter Sutherland

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Peter Sutherland, former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration and Development, was former Director General of the World Trade Organization, EU Commissioner for Competition, and Attorney General of Ireland.

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  1. Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers
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    Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers

    Sep 12, 2016 Peter Sutherland praises the individuals, companies, and NGOs helping refugees find new homes and employment.

  2. Cities for Migrants
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    Cities for Migrants

    Aug 26, 2016 Peter Sutherland believes that municipal authorities hold the key to successful integration of newcomers.

  3. Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction
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    Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction

    Aug 6, 2016 Peter Sutherland refutes the misleading claims that have come to dominate developed countries' immigration debates.

  4. Defusing Migration
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    Defusing Migration

    Jul 8, 2016 Peter Sutherland challenges the corrosive myths that nationalists in Britain and elsewhere have been peddling.

  5. Saving Our Drowning Humanity
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    Saving Our Drowning Humanity

    Jun 13, 2016 Peter Sutherland urges the EU and other developed countries to take in more migrants.

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    Trump’s Misguided Tariff Formula

    Shang-Jin Wei criticizes the administration's crude calculations, which disregard textbook macroeconomic principles.
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    The US Must Change Course on Myanmar

    Brahma Chellaney outlines a policy approach that would promote stability, rather than perpetuating criminality and violence.
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    Europe Must Move Faster to Defend Itself

    Anastassia Fedyk, et al. outline four steps European leaders can take to accelerate rearmament and mitigate the Russian threat.
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    Will the IMF Get Played by Javier Milei?

    Martín Guzmán

    In pursuing a new loan from the International Monetary Fund, Argentinian President Javier Milei's government has made no secret of its self-interested political motivations. If the world's lender of last resort falls for the ploy, it could suffer a loss of credibility from which it might not recover.

     worries that the Fund will damage its credibility by issuing another politically motivated loan to Argentina.
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    There Is No Method to Trump’s Tariff Madness

    Andrés Velasco sees no merit in any of the rationales the White House has advanced for launching a global trade war.
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    Navigating the Trump Storm

    Michael Spence

    With a variety of larger forces driving profound changes, the outlook for the global economy was cloudy even before Donald Trump's return to the White House added to the uncertainty. But one thing is clear: the previous era of global interdependence based on efficiency and mutually beneficial arrangements is over.

     considers the US administration's policy shake-up against the backdrop of larger global trends.
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    Up Against Trump’s Tariff Wall

    Ian Bremmer explains why US trade policy is tantamount to an unprecedented economic “own goal.”
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    Is a North-South Divide Opening in India?

    Shashi Tharoor fears that the government’s push to redraw the electoral map will favor poorer, more populous states.
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    American Suicide

    Joschka Fischer mourns the loss of the United States and the relative peace and prosperity that its global leadership enabled.

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