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Sophia Kalantzakos

Sophia Kalantzakos

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Sophia Kalantzakos, Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi, is the founding head of the Geopolitics and Ecology of Himalayan Water project and author of China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths (Oxford University Press, 2017) and The EU, US, and China Tackling Climate Change: Policies and Alliances for the Anthropocene (Routledge, 2017).

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  1. The Global Climate System’s Himalayan Hotspot
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    The Global Climate System’s Himalayan Hotspot

    May 11, 2023 Sophia Kalantzakos & Kunda Dixit call attention to the geopolitical and ecological implications of glacial melt at the roof of the world.

  2. Critical Minerals and the New Geopolitics
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    Critical Minerals and the New Geopolitics

    Oct 2, 2020 Sophia Kalantzakos urges rich-country governments to develop effective strategies to free themselves from China’s resource grip.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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