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Marcin Korolec

Marcin Korolec

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Marcin Korolec, Poland’s former environment minister, is Director of the Warsaw-based Green Economy Institute and Chairman of the Foundation for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles. He is a member of the European Investment Bank’s Climate and Environment Advisory Council and a board member of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, MevaEnergy, InnoEnergy, and Transport & Environment.

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  1. Europe’s Competitiveness Compass Points in the Wrong Direction
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    Europe’s Competitiveness Compass Points in the Wrong Direction

    Mar 10, 2025 Marcin Korolec warns that the strategy demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the challenges facing the bloc.

  2. Europe Needs an Industrial Development Fund
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    Europe Needs an Industrial Development Fund

    Jun 27, 2024 Marcin Korolec urges policymakers to shore up the bloc’s competitive position by supporting greentech producers.

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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Not a Negotiating Tactic

    Ian Bremmer

    Donald Trump’s immediate, aggressive use of import tariffs has revealed a fundamental difference between his first and second term. Far from a mere negotiating strategy, the goal this time is to replace a global rules-based system of managed economic integration with coerced decoupling.

    emphasizes a fundamental difference between the US trade agenda now and during the president’s first term.
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    Are We Responsible for Our Choices?

    Peter Singer identifies a common flaw shared by deterministic theories of human behavior.
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    Europe’s Competitiveness Compass Points in the Wrong Direction

    Marcin Korolec warns that the strategy demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the challenges facing the bloc.
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    America’s Faustian Trade Bargain

    Kenneth Jacobs highlights a critical vulnerability that other countries could exploit in retaliation for US tariffs.
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    Will the United Nations Survive Trump 2.0?

    Jayati Ghosh

    Recent actions by the United States may foreshadow its withdrawal from the world’s foremost multilateral institution. Paradoxically, however, the breakdown of the multilateral order the US helped establish nearly eight decades ago could serve as a catalyst for greater international cooperation.

    thinks the paradigm shift in US foreign policy could end up strengthening global solidarity.
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    Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems

    Dadang Mujiono warns that without global intervention, biodiversity-rich regions could become prime targets for exploitation.
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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
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    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.

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