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Gary Kleiman of Kleiman Intl Consultants Inc: OPINION: Afghanistan’s neighbours recast refugee finance formula The US airlift of Afghanistan refugees drew parallels most notably to its post-Vietnam predecessor four decades ago, and the country’s displacement crisis has lingered among the world’s longest running and biggest at 5mn before the Taliban’s return to power. It follows the Syria and Venezuela exoduses, also of historic proportions, with international aid delivery chronically half short of pledges, and private investors grappling with economic and financial implications when market performance was not a reference in the immediate aftermath.	Sat, Oct 16, 2021	bne IntelliNews
William Rhodes and Stuart Mackintosh: Op-ed: The four big threats to China’s economy We should all care what happens in China, because it will affect us all. Economic dangers and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s responses to them will affect China first and foremost — but trouble in China could spell trouble everywhere this year and next. The world is rightly focused on the atrocities being committed by Russia in Ukraine, and China’s choice to stand with Russia is straining globalization’s links. But China’s economic challenges go beyond the war. Threats to China’s outlook are rising in four distinct but overlapping areas: at home, in health, in debt, and in a fracturing globe.	Wed, Apr 27, 2022	CNBC
Scott Morris: Only the U.S. and China Can Stave off Debt Disaster There’s one area where the U.S. and China can and should cooperate immediately, however: to head off a looming debt crisis that threatens to hurl millions into poverty.	Mon, Dec 7, 2020	Bloomberg
Joerg Bibow: Ongoing Erosion of the Global Economic Order Will Sow More Conflict and Yield No Winners The successful crafting of the Bretton Woods global economic architecture at the end of WWII followed decades of monumental destruction, bloodshed, and misery.	Mon, Apr 1, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
Hung Tran: Offensive Friendshoring and Deteriorating US-China Relations BWC member Hung Tran writes for the Atlantic Council that "the increasingly offensive use of an offensive US friendshoring policy will make it more challenging to manage US-China strategic competition, and make a military conflict—with disastrous global consequences—more not less likely."	Fri, Feb 24, 2023	Atlantic Council
Masood Ahmed and Amanda Glassman: Now and Later: The Urgent Need for Smart Finance and Clear Governance on Pandemic Threats Eighteen months into the worst pandemic in a century, we still don’t have a credible, fully financed, time bound battle plan to bring this suffering to an end.	Fri, Jul 9, 2021	Center for Global Development
Meg Lundsager: New Leadership and Challenges for the IMF Wilson Center NOW speaks with Meg Lundsager and Shihoko Goto on the IMF's new leadership under Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.	Fri, Nov 1, 2019	Wilson Center
Gary Kleiman: New Emerging Market Contagion Shakes Investor Complacency Gary Kleiman is a recognized expert in the field of global emerging economies and financial markets. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.	Thu, Mar 26, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
William R. Rhodes: Mounting Prospects for an Unprecedented Emerging Market Debt Crisis As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy, it seems that this unfolding health and social crisis will be with us until we have both an effective treatment and a vaccine.	Tue, Sep 15, 2020	Foreign Policy Association
Dee Smith: Modern Manipulation: Behavioral Economics in a Technological World Raoul Pal sits down with Dee Smith of Strategic Insight Group to cover a host of problems facing the world today. In particular, they tackle the issue of technology companies and state actors using behavioral economics to shape the world to their advantage.	Thu, Sep 13, 2018	Real Vision