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Anne O. Krueger

Anne O. Krueger

Writing for PS since 2014
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Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University. She is the author of International Trade: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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  1. America’s Protectionist Policies Are Backfiring
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    America’s Protectionist Policies Are Backfiring

    Oct 4, 2024 Anne O. Krueger argue that US leaders' embrace of trade-suppressing measures has done more harm than good.

  2. Biden’s Solar Tariffs Undermine His Own Climate Agenda
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    Biden’s Solar Tariffs Undermine His Own Climate Agenda

    Aug 28, 2024 Anne O. Krueger thinks that supporting domestic production jeopardizes the administration’s economic and environmental goals.

  3. South Korea Is Caught in the Crossfire of the US-China Trade War
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    South Korea Is Caught in the Crossfire of the US-China Trade War

    Jul 15, 2024 Anne O. Krueger warns that America’s recent policy shifts could jeopardize a critical strategic alliance in East Asia.

  4. Ending the Protectionist Scourge Would Benefit All
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    Ending the Protectionist Scourge Would Benefit All

    Jun 25, 2024 Anne O. Krueger emphasizes the urgency of restoring an open multilateral trading system.

  5. Divestment from Israel Will Not Bring Peace
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    Divestment from Israel Will Not Bring Peace

    May 24, 2024 Anne O. Krueger argues that meeting protesters' demand would weaken US universities – one of America’s sources of strength.

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    Making Biodiversity Credits Work

    Almir Narayamoga Suruí & Simon Zadek suggest how to realize the potential of this innovative mechanism for financing nature conservation.
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.
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    What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development

    Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun.
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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    First Trump Came for the Immigrants

    Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.
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    Will the IMF Survive to 100?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

     propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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    European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

    Friedrich Merz

    The old Europe of the Cold War sought comfort in the past and confidence in the solitary US leadership that defined the era. Unfortunately, when it comes to its own security, Europe seemingly remains in a time warp, stuck somewhere before 1989.

     laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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    The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

    Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability.
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    The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

    Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics.

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