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Shannon K. O'Neil

Shannon K. O'Neil

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Shannon K. O'Neil, Vice President of Studies and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter (Yale University Press, 2023).

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  1. Latin America’s Big Opportunity
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    Latin America’s Big Opportunity

    Jun 10, 2024 Shannon K. O'Neil explains how the region could benefit from global economic and geopolitical reordering.

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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio

    Geopolitical turmoil must not be allowed to distract global decision-makers from the urgent imperative of tackling climate change. There is no excuse for letting COP29 conclude without delivering ambitious, credible financing commitments to support climate action – including the clean-energy transition – in developing economies.

    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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    A Trump Boom?

    Michael R. Strain thinks the president-elect’s economic policies could be wildly successful if he avoids his worst impulses.
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    Nicholas Agar on Elon Musk, AI, the futurism industry, and more

    Nicholas Agar urges us not to put too much stock in Musk-style “Mars-shots,” describes how the humanities needs to evolve in our time of disorienting change, suggests that humanists might soon get bored with artificial intelligence, and more.
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    Azerbaijan Greenwashes Authoritarianism at COP29

    Arzu Geybulla argues that the host country’s centralized dynastic regime is utterly incapable of meeting climate targets.
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    Global Tensions Over China’s Overcapacity Will Rise Under Trump

    Brendan Kelly considers the economic and geopolitical implications of the country’s controversial industrial strategy.
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    Trump Won, but Trumpism Did Not

    Bruce Ackerman thinks the president-elect’s agenda will falter as many congressional Republicans eye the midterm elections.
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    The G20 Must Help Africa Close the Climate-Finance Gap

    Raila Amolo Odinga urges world leaders to ensure the continent's governments can invest in resilience and clean energy.
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    Crunch Time for the WHO

    Gordon Brown

    To prevent unnecessary deaths from treatable diseases, the World Health Organization must be empowered to fulfill its mandate as the leading global emergency responder. If its $7.1 billion fundraising campaign falls short, we risk being caught unprepared again when the next pandemic arrives.

    calls on wealthy countries to ensure that the World Health Organization can confront emerging threats.

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