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Vanessa Badré

Vanessa Badré

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Vanessa Badré, a faculty fellow at American University, is a lawyer and art historian specializing in analyzing works of art to explore broader social and economic themes and concepts.

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  1. The Lost Art of Collaboration
    vbadre2 image Frédéric BAZILLE, Edouard MANET, L’Atelier de Bazille Studio, 1870

    The Lost Art of Collaboration

    Dec 27, 2024 Vanessa Badré mines a nineteenth-century painting for insights into trust-building, creativity, and cooperation.

  2. Business Lessons from the Fall of Icarus
    vbadre1_ DeAgostiniGetty Images_icarusbruegel DeAgostini/Getty Images

    Business Lessons from the Fall of Icarus

    Mar 29, 2024 Vanessa Badré scrutinizes a Flemish masterpiece to glean insights into the challenges of corporate social responsibility.

  1. krueger84_Justin SullivanGetty Images_UStrade Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Mexico – and America

    Anne O. Krueger thinks the US administration’s trade restrictions will end up undermining its stated immigration goals.
  2. mahroum23_Andrew HarnikGettyImages_elon_musk_cabinet_meeting Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    Americans Will Miss Their Government When It’s Gone

    Sami Mahroum explains what will follow from the indiscriminate gutting of federal agencies and mass firings.
  3. frankel169_Alex WongGettyImages_trump_gulf_of_america Alex Wong/Getty Images

    Trump’s Imaginary Victories

    Jeffrey Frankel says that to call the US president a “transactional” leader is to ignore his utter lack of strategic thinking.
  4. johnson184_Picture AllianceGettyImages_greenland_flag Picture Alliance/Getty Images

    Greenland’s Future Must Be Decided by Greenland’s People

    Simon Johnson dismisses the argument that US national security depends on gaining control over the island.
  5. mpaxton1_jonathanfilskov-photographyGetty Images_mangrove jonathanfilskov-photography/Getty Images

    Nature Needs Its Own ID

    Midori Paxton shows how digital tools can drive a data-driven approach to protecting our planet’s environmental health.
  6. fedyk9_Oleg PalchykGlobal Images Ukraine via Getty Images_ukrainedrone Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

    Ukraine’s True Value

    Anastassia Fedyk & Emilia Marshall

    Ukraine’s immense industrial and human resources once helped make the Soviet Union a global power, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on them to achieve his neo-imperialist dream. With the US now behaving like a Kremlin proxy, supporting Ukraine has become an existential imperative for Europe.

    warn that abandoning the country could hand Vladimir Putin the opportunity to restore Russia’s imperial status.
  7. sierakowski116_Andrew HarnikGetty Images_trumpvancezelensky Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    America Is Gone – Europe Must Replace It

    Sławomir Sierakowski

    Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s verbal assault on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was shocking but not surprising. As the Trump administration rapidly destroys America's credibility and international standing, Europe must mobilize its ample resources to replace America as a global leader.

    says the Trump administration's Oval Office fight with Ukraine's president is a moment that will live in infamy.
  8. yu80_Morris MacMatzenGettyImages_us_trade Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

    Can America Maintain External Sustainability?

    Yu Yongding explains why demand for foreign capital inflows to offset the country’s savings shortfall may go unmet.
  9. rodrik232_ ROBERTO SCHMIDTAFP via Getty Images_trumpflag Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

    The Coming Showdown in Trumpworld

    Dani Rodrik points out that a coalition comprising incompatible financial and ideological interests cannot last.

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