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Daniel Russel

Daniel Russel

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Daniel Russel, a former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute.

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  1. The Quad’s Big Moment
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    The Quad’s Big Moment

    May 19, 2023 Richard Maude, et al. examine the emerging Indo-Pacific coalition from the perspective of each of its members – and its main rival.

  2. The North Korean Crisis Around the Corner
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    The North Korean Crisis Around the Corner

    Oct 11, 2022 Daniel Russel explains why heightened geopolitical tensions could lead to further nuclear provocations by Kim Jong-un.

  3. Biden's Collaborative Containment Strategy
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    Biden's Collaborative Containment Strategy

    Sep 24, 2021 Daniel Russel thinks the US administration is playing a savvy game vis-à-vis China and the Indo-Pacific.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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