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Sinan Ülgen

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Sinan Ülgen, a former Turkish diplomat, is Director of EDAM, an Istanbul-based think tank, and a senior policy fellow at Carnegie Europe.

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  1. Rebuilding Syria After Assad
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    Rebuilding Syria After Assad

    Dec 11, 2024 Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen say that Syrians themselves must do the hard work, but multilateral assistance has an important role to play.

  2. Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition
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    Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition

    Apr 3, 2024 Sinan Ülgen considers the implications of the ruling AKP’s resounding defeat in the most recent local elections.

  3. Why Turkey Is Imperiling NATO Enlargement
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    Why Turkey Is Imperiling NATO Enlargement

    Jun 6, 2022 Sinan Ülgen explains President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s negative stance toward Finland and Sweden’s accession.

  4. Updating the Global Refugee Regime
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    Updating the Global Refugee Regime

    Sep 8, 2021 Sinan Ülgen suggests how the world’s response to cross-border flows should be strengthened for a new era of displacement.

  5. The US Is Still Needed in Syria
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    The US Is Still Needed in Syria

    Jul 2, 2019 Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen explain why the Trump administration's effort to extricate itself from the conflict is dangerously premature.

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    America’s AI Iron Curtain

    Soňa Muzikárová explains how US export controls are harming allies and potentially helping Russia and China.
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    What Rebalancing the US Economy Really Requires

    Glenn Hubbard

    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s defense of President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs as a step toward “rebalancing” the US economy misses the point. While some economies, like China and Germany, need to increase domestic spending, the US needs to increase national saving.

     thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is neglecting the need for spending cuts in major federal programs.
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    America’s Voice No Longer Speaks for Democracy

    Heela Rasool-Ayub explains why authoritarians worldwide are celebrating Donald Trump’s renunciation of democratic advocacy.
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    Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

    Pierre du Rostu touts the technology’s benefits for an industry that must shift its focus from paying claims to managing risk.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.
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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

     argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.

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