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Des Browne

Des Browne

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Des Browne, a former British defense secretary, is Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and Chair of the European Leadership Network.

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  1. Preventing Nuclear Conflict in Europe
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    Preventing Nuclear Conflict in Europe

    Feb 15, 2018 Des Browne, et al. call for urgent measures to reduce the growing risk of nuclear conflict.

  2. Ensuring Euro-Atlantic Security
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    Ensuring Euro-Atlantic Security

    Feb 16, 2017 Des Browne, et al. call on Western countries and Russia to cooperate on reducing shared existential threats.

  3. Ban the Bomb Tests
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    Ban the Bomb Tests

    Apr 27, 2016 Des Browne, et al. say the time has come for holdout states – including the US – to ratify the nuclear-test-ban treaty.

  4. From Nuclear Safety to Nuclear Security
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    From Nuclear Safety to Nuclear Security

    Mar 24, 2015 Des Browne & Igor S. Ivanov urge governments to apply stress tests to all facilities where dangerous materials are used.

  5. Securing the Euro-Atlantic Community
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    Securing the Euro-Atlantic Community

    Feb 3, 2015 Des Browne, et al. propose a new way to resolve the Ukraine crisis and prevent future threats to regional stability.

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    The Post-Pandemic Fiscal Tightrope

    Hoe Ee Khor, et al. argue that Asian, Latin American, and European economies must somehow reduce deficits while fostering growth.
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    What Germany’s Election Means for the Western Left

    Bartosz M. Rydliński

    Fear of being left behind economically and socially proved to be potent fuel for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which for the first time won more votes than the Social Democrats in a German federal election. So long as center-left parties fail to address this fear, the far right will continue to exploit it.

    thinks social-democratic parties will continue to lose unless they find new ways to make inroads with workers.
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    The Global Economy Without America

    Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.
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    A Westless World

    Tobias Bunde reflects on this year's Munich Security Conference and America's break from the transatlantic alliance.
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    Germany’s Last-Chance Election

    Michael Bröning explains why the outcome may decide whether the political “firewall” against the far right can hold.
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Nicu Popescu sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.
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    Meltdown at the Top of the World

    Masatsugu Asakawa urges development banks to act urgently to avert the catastrophic effects of the Himalayas’ thawing glaciers.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Ukrainian Peace

    Gene Frieda warns that by punishing the victim, the US is setting up Europe for another war.
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    There Goes America

    Within his first month back in the White House, Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy and launched an all-out assault on the country’s constitutional order. With US institutions bowing or buckling as the administration takes executive power to unprecedented extremes, the establishment of an authoritarian regime cannot be ruled out.

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