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Colin Coleman, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.

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  1. A Marshall Plan for Africa
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    A Marshall Plan for Africa

    Feb 13, 2024 Colin Coleman calls on the G20 to help accelerate economic growth and promote human development on the continent.

  2. What South Africa Must Do
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    What South Africa Must Do

    Nov 2, 2021 Nouriel Roubini & Colin Coleman offer a blueprint for putting the economy on a path to sustainable, inclusive growth.

  3. Making South Africa Whole
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    Making South Africa Whole

    Sep 4, 2020 Colin Coleman offers a blueprint for regaining the economic momentum lost to years of corruption and mismanagement.

  4. The Sino-American Scramble for Africa
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    The Sino-American Scramble for Africa

    Mar 20, 2020 Colin Coleman shows why the world needs both countries to support the continent and spur deeper global engagement.

  5. Africa Is the Last Frontier for Global Growth
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    Africa Is the Last Frontier for Global Growth

    Feb 4, 2020 Colin Coleman shows how the continent's economic potential can be fulfilled – and what could happen if it is not.

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    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
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    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

     call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
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    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

     considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
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    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

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