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Simone Tagliapietra

Simone Tagliapietra

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Simone Tagliapietra, a senior fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, is an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna.

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  1. How Europe Can Get the Green Deal Done
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    How Europe Can Get the Green Deal Done

    May 24, 2024 Simone Tagliapietra proposes EU-level measures that would help offset the negative distributional effects of climate policy.

  2. The Right Way to Intervene in Clean Tech
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    The Right Way to Intervene in Clean Tech

    Aug 3, 2023 Armond Cohen, et al. urge policymakers to leverage public and private resources to achieve a timely and effective green transition.

  3. How Europe Can Sustain Russia Sanctions
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    How Europe Can Sustain Russia Sanctions

    Feb 28, 2022 Ana Palacio, et al. call for a new EU-level facility to help member states invest in security and weather new supply shocks.

  4. A Transatlantic Climate Alliance
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    A Transatlantic Climate Alliance

    Jun 3, 2021 Ana Palacio & Simone Tagliapietra urge Joe Biden to begin work on a transatlantic green deal during his upcoming visit to Europe.

  5. Heeding Europe’s Silent Majority
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    Heeding Europe’s Silent Majority

    May 8, 2019 Silvia Merler, et al. show that, contrary to the populist narrative, support for the European Union has been growing.

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    How to Judge the New British Government’s First Budget

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    If UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves tried to meet all the political demands that have been placed on her, her budget would likely result in disappointing growth and financial instability. Instead, the new government's first budget should be judged according to four longer-term criteria.

    lists four criteria for assessing the chancellor's attempt to meet a long list of unrealistic demands.
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    Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI

    Katharina Pistor worries that we have already ceded control to self-interested private corporations and their shareholders.
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    Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future

    Ambroise Fayolle

    At COP16 in Colombia this month, delegates from nearly 200 countries will discuss how to accelerate action to protect 30% of the planet’s land and maritime areas by 2030. Central to that goal will be unlocking more investment through public-private partnerships, de-risking mechanisms, and other innovative strategies.

    points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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    The Roots of Europe’s Immigration Problem

    Robert Skidelsky calls attention to the conditions that lead African migrants to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean.
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    The BRICS Still Don’t Matter

    Jim O'Neill thinks the grouping continues to show that it serves no purpose beyond generating symbolic political gestures.
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    Why Another Trump Term Would Be Worse Than the First

    Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Huq see a pattern of authoritarian movements becoming more effective when given a second shot at power.
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    The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger

    Katrin Kivi highlights the findings of two new reports that illustrate the many benefits of protecting independent media.
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    China’s Pension Crisis Is Here

    Yi Fuxian argues that the country’s efforts to mitigate the effects of rapid demographic aging are too little, too late.
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    Why Must Indians Vote So Often?

    Shashi Tharoor argues that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to hold all elections on the same day is a non-starter.

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