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December 24, 2015

Global
Prospects for the Global Economy in 2016

What’s in store next year for the global economy? Five experts weigh in on the challenges facing the eurozone, the fragility of emerging markets, and the prospects for clean energy.

Expert Roundup by James McBride, Kenneth S. Rogoff, Barry J. Eichengreen, Varun Sivaram, James Pethokoukis, and Robert Kahn

November 30, 2012

Palestinian Territories
Nabil Sha’ath and the Sad Story of Palestinian "Leadership"

Nabil Sha’ath has been a top Palestinian official for decades, serving as foreign minister, ambassador to the UN, planning minister, and in many other posts. He has been in the Fatah Party Central Co…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 21, 2011

Economic Crises
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Andrew Ross Sorkin with The New York Times and CNBC. I am pleased to introduce today Edmund Phelps -- Professor Edmund Phelps, I should say,…

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November 21, 2011

Economic Crises
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump

Edmund S. Phelps, professor of political economy at Columbia University, discusses the causes of the economic slump in the United States.

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November 2, 2012

China
Review: ’A Contest for Supremacy’ by Aaron Friedberg

In the spring of 2010, after years of relative quiet in the South China Sea —the strategic body of water separating southeastern China from Southeast Asia, and including regions disputed by at least …

In ‘A Contest for Supremacy,’ Aaron Friedberg portrays the United States and China as almost fated to wind up in conflict, and suggests Beijing is already lapping Washington in preparing for such a fight (Aly Song/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound