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Koichi Hamada

Writing for PS since 2013
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Koichi Hamada, Professor Emeritus at Yale University, was a special adviser to former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō.

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  1. Should Japan Have a Nuclear-Sharing Agreement?
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    Should Japan Have a Nuclear-Sharing Agreement?

    Mar 15, 2023 Koichi Hamada argues that the country’s increasingly fraught security environment demands a stronger deterrent.

  2. Barbarians at Democracy’s Gates
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    Barbarians at Democracy’s Gates

    Jan 2, 2023 Koichi Hamada hopes that acts of political violence in the US and Japan will inspire a more robust defense of progress.

  3. Don’t Blame the Democrats for US Inflation
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    Don’t Blame the Democrats for US Inflation

    Nov 3, 2022 Koichi Hamada defends the party’s responses to the pandemic and the Ukraine war, despite their effects on prices.

  4. Mourning the Real Abe Shinzō
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    Mourning the Real Abe Shinzō

    Sep 2, 2022 Koichi Hamada recounts his time advising the slain Japanese prime minister, who turned out to be more liberal than assumed.

  5. Is Taiwan the Next Ukraine?
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    Is Taiwan the Next Ukraine?

    Jul 7, 2022 Koichi Hamada considers whether US abandonment of strategic ambiguity is really the best way to deter a Chinese invasion.

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    Tax the Rich to Save the Planet

    Owen Gaffney argues that reducing economic inequality is the key to strengthening democracy and mitigating climate change.
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    Is Globalization Over?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. explains why reports of the death of humanity's interdependence are greatly exaggerated.
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    Putin and Trump in the Dock?

    Jack Goldsmith explains the risks associated with pursuing criminal prosecutions against high-profile political figures.
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    The Great Revision

    Joschka Fischer examines the broader geopolitical restructuring that was triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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    Why Inflation Persists

    Lars P. Feld

    What "Team Transitory" has missed in the inflation debate is that inflation tends to become persistent because of second-round effects. Not only have producer prices risen over the past year or so, but they also have not yet been fully passed through the value chain.

     navigates the complex array of factors that give rise to one of the biggest problems in macroeconomics.
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    Wanted: Vladimir Putin

    Antara Haldar explains why the International Criminal Court’s indictment is more than just a symbolic victory.
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    Here We Go Again?

    Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.

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    The Coming Doom Loop

    Nouriel Roubini warns that liquidity support will not be enough to prevent a deeper financial crisis and economic downturn.
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    Crises of Uncertainty

    Harold James fears the consequences of policymakers’ continual revision of economic and financial governance rules.

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