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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Writing for PS since 2006
109 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department, is CEO of the think tank New America, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and the author of Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics (Princeton University Press, 2021).

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  1. A Summit Caught Between Past and Future
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    A Summit Caught Between Past and Future

    Sep 24, 2024 Thomas Hale & Anne-Marie Slaughter look past the platitudes in the UN’s Pact for the Future and glimpse the contours of a new multilateral system.

  2. Anne-Marie Slaughter on US polarization, the Ukraine war, AI, and more
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    Anne-Marie Slaughter on US polarization, the Ukraine war, AI, and more

    Sep 24, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter urges the EU to begin preparations for a prolonged, but not permanent, division of Ukraine, considers the prospect of “democratic artificial intelligence,” describes necessary reforms to US electoral systems, and more.

  3. Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Jul 26, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.

  4. Can AI Improve Family Life?
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    Can AI Improve Family Life?

    May 27, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Avni Patel Thompson foresee parents and other caregivers spending more time on meaningful activities, and less time on drudgery.

  5. A Network-Based Approach to Health in Ukraine
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    A Network-Based Approach to Health in Ukraine

    Mar 21, 2024 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Kelly Saldaña envision a health-care system capable of responding to the complex demands of a conflict environment.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

    shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

    propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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