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Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze, Professor of History at Columbia University, is the author of The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 and a new study of the 2008 financial crisis, Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.

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  1. The Turning Point of 2008
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    The Turning Point of 2008

    Aug 8, 2018 Adam Tooze highlights the overlooked link between Russia's invasion of Georgia and the global financial crisis.

  2. Germany’s Great European Heist
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel watches as a member of the German Navy's Special Forces boards from a speedboat Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Germany’s Great European Heist

    May 15, 2018 Adam Tooze & Shahin Vallée turn German complaints about economic free riding in the EU against the country's own free riding on defense.

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    Europe’s Independence Day

    Mark Leonard

    Incoming Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the United States. But an erstwhile über-Atlanticist and fiscal conservative might be the only German politician who can credibly bury the country's economically disastrous "debt brake" and pave the way for a truly independent Europe.

     asks how Germany's incoming chancellor can ensure the continent's defense – not least against the US.
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    What European Security Requires

    Laurence Tubiana warns EU leaders not to go soft on decarbonization in the name of defense or stability.
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    The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral

    Jaynisha Patel calls for renewed regional cooperation, backed by partnerships with outside actors, to stabilize the region.
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    Building the Next Generation of Public Institutions

    Geoff Mulgan touts new thinking about how to design agile, flexible, and trustworthy governance mechanisms.
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    Trump the Capitulator

    Carl Bildt considers the broader implications of America's betrayal of Ukraine to appease the Kremlin.
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    What Should Be on the Global Financial Agenda?

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a roadmap for this year's global conferences on “financing for development.”
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    Austerity Is Back – and More Dangerous Than Ever

    Mark Blyth explains how an old orthodoxy is being put to more openly political and redistributive uses.
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    Ian Buruma on Gaza, Trump, authoritarianism, and more

    Ian Buruma says there is no chance US democracy will emerge from Donald Trump’s second administration unscathed, explains why the left is losing the culture war in the US and Europe, touts the enduring importance of the humanities, and more.
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    Europe Is Only as Weak as It Thinks It Is

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the rupture with the US has given Europeans what they most need – a reason to get their act together.

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