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Yuriko Koike

Yuriko Koike

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Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, has been Japan’s defense minister, national security adviser, and a member of the National Diet.

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  1. The Ukraine War and Asian Security
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    The Ukraine War and Asian Security

    Dec 12, 2022 Yuriko Koike hopes that Russian aggression spurs Asian leaders to consider their own region's vulnerabilities.

  2. Tokyo’s Sustainable Games
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    Tokyo’s Sustainable Games

    Oct 14, 2019 Yuriko Koike explains how the city is ensuring that the 2020 Summer Olympics serve its long-term interests.

  3. Asia’s Cities Against North Korea
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    Asia’s Cities Against North Korea

    Dec 21, 2017 Yuriko Koike calls on the region’s municipal leaders to help mitigate the threat posed by Kim Jong-un’s rogue regime.

  4. Cleaning Up the Olympics
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    Cleaning Up the Olympics

    Aug 15, 2016 Yuriko Koike promises that, on her watch, the city will prevent waste and corruption in planning the 2020 Games.

  5. The Tokyo the World Needs
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    The Tokyo the World Needs

    Jul 21, 2016 Yuriko Koike would model the world's largest city on its cosmopolitan incarnation in the early twentieth century.

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    Why Do Countries Prosper?

    Antara Haldar considers what this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economic research gets right, and what it overlooks.
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    Made in America 2.0

    Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin foresee the US weathering the coming trade storm, thanks to its energy resources and innovation centers.
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    When the Left Goes Far Right

    Jan-Werner Mueller considers what drives some politicians to reverse their political allegiances.
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    The Right Climate Finance for Developing Economies

    Hippolyte Fofack urges the Global North to focus on vulnerable countries’ need to invest in adaptation-related infrastructure.
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    Self-Managed Abortion Saves Lives

    Andrés Constantin & Katherine Mayall urge policymakers to remove the barriers preventing women from terminating unwanted pregnancies on their own.
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    Only Harris Will Deliver Shared Prosperity

    Simon Johnson says that Donald Trump’s discredited protectionism would benefit the few at the expense of the many.
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    Israel and Iran Are Likely to Escalate

    Nouriel Roubini rejects the widespread view that the conflict will be contained after the latest exchange of attacks.
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    The Perils of a Trump-Musk Economy

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Donald Trump is offering a vision of crony rentier capitalism that has enticed many captains of industry and finance. In catering to their wishes for more tax cuts and less regulation, he would make most Americans’ lives poorer, harder, and shorter.

    explains what a Republican victory in the 2024 election would mean for most Americans’ standard of living.
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    Elon Musk Gets Trump’s Economic Plans Partly Right

    James K. Galbraith

    Elon Musk recently admitted that Donald Trump's policy agenda would lead to economic turmoil. But if their plan to eliminate government waste involves cuts to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, rather than the necessary military, diplomatic, and financial reforms, recovery will remain elusive.

    argues that only a tycoon could love Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, deportations, and spending cuts.

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