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Diego Gambetta

Diego Gambetta

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Diego Gambetta, Chair in Social Science at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, and an emeritus fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, is the co-author (with Thomas Hegghammer) of Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2024).

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  1. Impostors at War
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    Impostors at War

    Dec 13, 2024 Diego Gambetta & Thomas Hegghammer explain why impersonation can be as serious a threat as enemy weapons systems.

  2. Explaining Europe's Reaction
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    Explaining Europe's Reaction

    Mar 7, 2022 Diego Gambetta & Stephen Holmes think governments' robust response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is primarily driven by fear.

  3. Freedom in the Veil
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    Freedom in the Veil

    Dec 14, 2021 Diego Gambetta & Ozan Aksoy argue that bans on traditional Muslim head coverings can reduce the liberty of religious women.

  4. Extremism’s Strange Bedfellows
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    Extremism’s Strange Bedfellows

    Apr 5, 2016 Diego Gambetta & Steffen Hertog reveal the ideological and psychological links between radical Islamists and right-wing extremists.

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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.
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    Europe Confronts the Ghosts of History

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights just how profound a transformation European – especially German – rearmament represents.
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    Trump’s Self-Inflicted Trade Disaster

    Kaushik Basu

    US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have triggered a wave of retaliatory measures, setting off a trade war with key partners and raising fears of a global downturn. But while Trump’s protectionism and erratic policy shifts could have far-reaching implications, the greatest victim is likely to be the United States itself.

    warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.
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    The End of Germany’s Economic Delusions?

    Katharina Pistor

    It took a pandemic and the threat of war to get Germany to dispense with the two taboos – against debt and monetary financing of budgets – that have strangled its governments for decades. Now, it must join the rest of Europe in offering a positive vision of self-sufficiency and an “anti-fascist economic policy.”

    welcomes the apparent departure from two policy taboos that have strangled the country's investment.
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    The Fed, the Fund, and the Bank in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Barry Eichengreen explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.
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    Europe Can Easily Safeguard Ukraine

    Daniel Gros points out that the EU, the UK, and Norway have all they need to keep Russia at bay, without help from the US.
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    Toward a North American Economic Union

    Nouriel Roubini explains why Canada, Mexico, and the United States should pursue EU-style integration.

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