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Carla Norrlöf

Carla Norrlöf

Writing for PS since 2020
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Carla Norrlöf, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

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  1. The Scramble for Syria
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    The Scramble for Syria

    Dec 12, 2024 Carla Norrlöf explains how America and its allies should respond to the demise of the country's longstanding dictatorship.

  2. The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?
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    The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

    Jul 5, 2024 Carla Norrlöf considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars.

  3. Carla Norrlöf on NATO, the US dollar, the Gaza war, and more
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    Carla Norrlöf on NATO, the US dollar, the Gaza war, and more

    Jun 11, 2024 Carla Norrlöf advocates an expansion of NATO’s operational focus, suggests ways the US can enhance global confidence in the dollar, offers the Biden administration advice on how to respond to escalating tensions in the Middle East, and more.

  4. NATO Is Not a Hegemonic Burden
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    NATO Is Not a Hegemonic Burden

    Apr 2, 2024 Carla Norrlöf explains how the alliance’s unique strategic, military, and economic benefits outweigh its costs.

  5. The Meaning of Sweden’s NATO Accession
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    The Meaning of Sweden’s NATO Accession

    Mar 11, 2024 Carla Norrlöf explains the implications of the country's abandonment of more than 200 years of neutrality.

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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    America's president subscribes to a brand of isolationism that has waxed and waned throughout US history, but has its roots in the two-century-old Monroe Doctrine. This is bad news for nearly everyone, because it implies acceptance of a world order based on spheres of influence, as envisioned by China and Russia.

     hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill

    Financial markets and official economic indicators over the past few weeks give policymakers around the world plenty to contemplate. Was the recent spike in bond yields a sufficient warning to Donald Trump and his team, or will they still follow through with inflationary stimulus, tariff, and immigration policies?

     wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.

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