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Ana Palacio

Ana Palacio

Writing for PS since 2011
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Ana Palacio, a former minister of foreign affairs of Spain and former senior vice president and general counsel of the World Bank Group, is a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University.

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  1. India Has Arrived
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    India Has Arrived

    Feb 17, 2025 Ana Palacio charts the country’s transition from passive observer to active shaper of international affairs.

  2. Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Jan 15, 2025 Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.

  3. China’s New Social Contract
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    China’s New Social Contract

    Dec 17, 2024 Ana Palacio highlights a fundamental shift in priorities brought about by slowing growth and changing public expectations.

  4. COP29 Must Deliver the Goods
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Nov 19, 2024 Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.

  5. Ukraine Needs Security Guarantees
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    Ukraine Needs Security Guarantees

    Oct 9, 2024 Ana Palacio views NATO as the only institution that can credibly safeguard the country’s sovereignty in the long term.

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    There Goes America

    Within his first month back in the White House, Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy and launched an all-out assault on the country’s constitutional order. With US institutions bowing or buckling as the administration takes executive power to unprecedented extremes, the establishment of an authoritarian regime cannot be ruled out.

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    In AI We Trust?

    William H. Janeway

    The rapid advance of AI might create the illusion that we have created a form of algorithmic intelligence capable of understanding us as deeply as we understand one another. But these systems will always lack the essential qualities of human intelligence.

    explains why even cutting-edge innovations are not immune to the world’s inherent unpredictability.
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    How Trump Can Achieve Sustained Growth

    Michael R. Strain foresees the US president building on a strong economy, so long as he steers clear of populist policies.
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    Europe Alone

    Daniela Schwarzer

    US Vice President J.D. Vance's speech at this year's Munich Security Conference made it clear that the long postwar era of Atlanticism is over, and that Europeans now must take their sovereignty into their own hands. With ample resources to do so, all that is required is the collective political will.

    explains what the European Union must do now that America has walked away from the transatlantic relationship.
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    What If the US Leaves the IMF and the World Bank?

    Ngaire Woods thinks the Trump administration’s approach jeopardizes America’s geopolitical and economic interests.
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    Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?

    Daron Acemoglu worries that the technology is on track to disempower, rather than complement, most of humanity.
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    Education Belongs on the Climate Agenda

    Adenike Oladosu explains why investing in schools in conflict- and crisis-affected countries would build resilience.
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    Trump’s Cultural Revolution

    Orville Schell sees obvious and troubling parallels between the US president and Mao Zedong.
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    How Europe Can Rearm

    Philippe Legrain sees three options for the European Union to finance the sharply higher defense investment it urgently needs.

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