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Carl Bildt

Writing for PS since 2009
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Carl Bildt was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and prime minister from 1991 to 1994, when he negotiated Sweden’s EU accession. A renowned international diplomat, he served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference. He is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations. 

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  1. What the Next EU Leadership Must Do
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    What the Next EU Leadership Must Do

    Jun 21, 2024 Carl Bildt offers a broad outline of the bloc's biggest challenges following this month's European Parliament election.

  2. The Dangerous Retreat into Protectionism
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    The Dangerous Retreat into Protectionism

    May 21, 2024 Carl Bildt warns that nothing good will come from a more deeply fragmented global economy.

  3. Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now
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    Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now

    Apr 25, 2024 Carl Bildt considers the implications of Ukraine finally receiving the Western military aid it has been waiting for.

  4. The Indo-Pacific Strategy’s Fatal Blind Spot
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    The Indo-Pacific Strategy’s Fatal Blind Spot

    Mar 20, 2024 Carl Bildt worries that Western strategists are not paying enough attention to the incipient Russia-China axis.

  5. Russia Will Honor Navalny Someday
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    Russia Will Honor Navalny Someday

    Feb 21, 2024 Carl Bildt reflects on the murdered opposition leader’s success in challenging Vladimir Putin’s regime.

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    Biden or Plan B?

    Ian Bremmer explains the nature and stakes of the perfect political storm now consuming the Democratic Party.
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    Britain's “Change Election” Changes Nothing

    Anatole Kaletsky explains why the biggest electoral upheaval in UK history will have limited economic and political effects.
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    The Supreme Court Is Shaking America’s Fiscal Foundations

    Aziz Huq sounds the alarm about a dangerous trend in US constitutional law that is showing no signs of abating.
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    Would the French Far Right Moderate Once in Power?

    Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
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    The Global Implications of Iran’s Election

    Ana Palacio considers what a victory for the reformist candidate might mean for regional and international stability.
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    No Class War From Britain’s Most Working-Class Government

    Aaron Reeves & Sam Friedman

    Labour leader Keir Starmer’s incoming cabinet has more people of working-class origin than any British cabinet that came before it, and this remarkable feature will surely bear on policymaking. However, various countervailing forces will moderate any latent impulse to veer sharply to the left.

     explain how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Labour’s cabinet members will, and will not, bear on policymaking.
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    The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

    Carla Norrlöf

    If Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the world’s other large oil producers were to shift away from settling their oil trade in dollars, the implications for other commodity markets, global trade patterns, and financial stability would be enormous. But how plausible is this scenario in the foreseeable future?

     considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars.
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    Democracy, What Democracy?

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s supporters have a different understanding of government by the people.
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    Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment

    Kaushik Basu explains why increased public infrastructure investment is needed to improve the country’s economic prospects.

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