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When Chinese President Xi Jinping stood up to @realDonaldTrump, Trump caved. @JosephEStiglitz wonders when the EU's leaders will realize that they should do the same. bit.ly/4o5HnJq
A 350-foot tower with massive whirring turbine blades may well constitute a genuine nuisance for those living nearby, points out @DanielGrosCEPS (@CEPS_thinktank). Nonetheless, there is a straightforward way to secure local buy-in for wind projects. bit.ly/4mTW2GA
Will COP30 end with more lofty promises that will never be fulfilled? Or might it deliver a permanent pathway that embeds citizens into climate governance? In our #ClimateWeekNYC Studio Session – hosted with @iswe_org and the @_GlobalAssembly – @SDDecleve and @GhoshArunabha…
With bold action, backed by adequate financing and a sense of political urgency, the world can still deliver on the promise of free, equitable, and quality education for all, says Nobel Peace Prize laureate @k_satyarthi. bit.ly/429xwK7
Market dynamics today are reminiscent of the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, when mortgage risks were acknowledged but brushed aside as long as securitization kept delivering profits, @skalemliozcan worries. bit.ly/42uP3Na
Is “getting democracies to deliver” the key to preventing populism, democratic backsliding, and the emergence of “illiberal” democracies? As @AndresVelasco of @LSEnews shows, the data don't back it up. bit.ly/3ISniHI
Just as health workers have an ethical obligation to provide impartial medical care, world leaders have a moral imperative to uphold international law, writes @TheOpEdProject’s Tushara Surapaneni. bit.ly/4mT5QAI
.@lea_ypi’s new book is at its strongest when it confronts the question of how to maintain one’s integrity under authoritarian rule, offering a master class in recovering truth from history, writes @M_Ignatieff. bit.ly/4n9r1Pi
The billions of dollars expected each year from the @IMOHQ’s binding price on shipping emissions could provide a boost to Africa’s existing green-hydrogen projects and spur new ones, explains @chuks_okereke. bit.ly/4nHVHIh
The Taliban’s recent internet cuts in Afghanistan underscore the urgency of the @UN recognizing and classifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity, writes @GordonBrown. bit.ly/3W0qrbk
On #InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild, read @GordonBrown’s call for the international community to hold Afghanistan’s leaders accountable for their oppression of women and girls. Recognizing gender apartheid as a crime under international law, he argues, would mark a historic step…
.@ZakiLaidi of @sciencespo blames the country's deepening political crisis on several factors, not least an imperious president @EmmanuelMacron and the fecklessness of the three political blocs in the National Assembly. bit.ly/3IAFq8Y
.@realDonaldTrump's affirmation that the “Department of Defense” is now, once again, to be called the “Department of War" (@DeptofWar), signals America’s total abandonment of the rules-based international order, laments @anapalacio. bit.ly/4qiJZ8X
.@IMFNews’s gold reserves are worth $344 billion – more than Chile’s GDP. Selling just 10% of these holdings would generate enough funds to offset this year’s foreign-aid cuts, argue @GDP_Center’s @TimH_B and @MarinaZucker. bit.ly/3IWsD0C
While value-added taxes have boosted revenue and supported diversification in advanced economies, their record in developing economies has been mixed, note @CNRS’ @rabah_arezki, @UCAuvergne’s Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, and @rick_ploeg. bit.ly/4nJK9Ew
The latest @BrookingsInst-@FT Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery shows an economic landscape that seems benign in some ways, but unsettled in others, @EswarSPrasad and Caroline Smiltneks write. bit.ly/4qa9dpW
Rather than bulldozing local communities in the courts, they should be compensated for the nuisance a new wind farm represents, such as by providing them with discounted energy, writes @DanielGrosCEPS (@CEPS_thinktank). bit.ly/4mTW2GA
Since the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the US has required animal testing to predict human outcomes for all drug, therapy, cosmetic, and food safety reviews and approvals. But that is about to change, note @PeterSinger and Sankalpa Ghose. bit.ly/42wSD9p
By now, we should all know that capitulation to @realDonaldTrump leads only to more demands down the road. EU leaders must come to their senses in dealing with this administration, @JosephEStiglitz argues. bit.ly/4o5HnJq
China’s experience offers a useful model for developing economies seeking to adjust their VAT to meet fiscal and developmental objectives, write @CNRS’ @rabah_arezki, @UCAuvergne’s Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, and @rick_ploeg. bit.ly/4nJK9Ew
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