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Nicu Popescu, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is a former minister of foreign affairs and European integration of Moldova.

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  1. The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Feb 21, 2025 Nicu Popescu sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.

  2. Europe Needs a Defense Production Act
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    Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

    Jan 8, 2025 Nicu Popescu urges EU member states to bolster their defense capabilities to guard against future Russian aggression.

  3. Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia
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    Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia

    Apr 22, 2024 Laurence Boone & Nicu Popescu propose a European Defense Production Act to help fast-track processes for public procurement and spending.

  4. Russia in Reverse
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    Russia in Reverse

    May 7, 2012 Nicu Popescu

  5. Partnership? What Partnership?
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    Partnership? What Partnership?

    May 6, 2009 Andrew Wilson & Nicu Popescu

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

     explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

     explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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