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Barak Barfi is a former research fellow at New America and a former visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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  1. Trumpian Turmoil Is Coming to the Middle East
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    Trumpian Turmoil Is Coming to the Middle East

    Nov 13, 2024 Barak Barfi thinks that the regional leaders who are cheering now may soon be pining for a less capricious leader.

  2. What Will Follow Hamas’s War?
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    What Will Follow Hamas’s War?

    Oct 9, 2023 Barak Barfi foresees an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza and prolonged occupation of the enclave.

  3. The Hollow Saudi-Iranian Agreement
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    The Hollow Saudi-Iranian Agreement

    Mar 14, 2023 Barak Barfi sees a newly announced Chinese-brokered deal as more glitter than gold.

  4. Biden’s Return to Realism in Saudi Arabia
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    Biden’s Return to Realism in Saudi Arabia

    Jul 15, 2022 Barak Barfi explains why embracing the status quo in the Middle East, while far from ideal, is the right call for the US.

  5. The Russian Coup Fantasy
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    The Russian Coup Fantasy

    Apr 20, 2022 Barak Barfi explains why the country’s military leaders are highly unlikely to oust President Vladimir Putin.

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    The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

    Andrew Gallucci explains how America and its allies can counter their rivals’ currency ambitions.
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dani Rodrik thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.
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    Anticipating Trump’s Foreign Policy

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers what can be gleaned from the president-elect’s past statements, recent appointments, and US history.
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    What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda

    Samia Suluhu Hassan explains how climate finance could unleash the continent's economic potential.
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    The Key to Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty

    Nana Akufo-Addo urges donor governments to build on successful efforts to boost immunization across the continent.
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    For Developing Economies, the Finance Landscape Has Become a Wasteland

    Indermit Gill shows that current conditions give the world's poorest countries no chance to achieve sustained growth.
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    How Not to React to Donald Trump

    Andrés Velasco calls for more serious thinking by progressives and fewer knee-jerk calls to “abandon neoliberalism.”
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    The Fall and Rise of American Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu

    Over time, as American democracy has increasingly fallen short of delivering on its core promises, the Democratic Party has contributed to the problem by catering to a narrow, privileged elite. To restore its own prospects and America’s signature form of governance, it must return to its working-class roots.

     is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.
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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.

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