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Peter Burgess

Follow columnists Photo of Shlomo Ben-Ami SHLOMO BEN-AMI Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is Vice President of the Toledo International Center for Peace. He is the author of Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy. read more Photo of Michael J. Boskin MICHAEL J. BOSKIN Michael J. Boskin is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was Chairman of George H. W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 to 1993,… read more Photo of Ian Buruma IAN BURUMA Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard College. He is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of… read more Photo of Jorge G. Castañeda JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA Jorge G. Castañeda was Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2000-2003, after joining with his ideological opponent, President Vicente Fox, to create the country’s first democratic government.… read more Photo of Brahma Chellaney BRAHMA CHELLANEY Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, is the author of Asian Juggernaut, Water: Asia’s New Battleground, and Water, Peace, and War:… read more Photo of Howard Davies HOWARD DAVIES Howard Davies, a professor at Sciences Po in Paris, was the first chairman of the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority (1997-2003). He was Director of the London School of Economics… read more Photo of J. Bradford DeLong J. BRADFORD DELONG J. Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was Deputy Assistant US Treasury… read more Photo of Kemal Derviş KEMAL DERVIŞ Kemal Derviş, former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey and former Administrator for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is a vice president of the Brookings Institution. read more Photo of Barry Eichengreen BARRY EICHENGREEN Barry Eichengreen is Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge, and a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. His newest book, Hall … read more Photo of Mohamed A. El-Erian MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN Mohamed A. El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz and a member of its International Executive Committee, is Chairman of President Barack Obama’s Global Development Council. He previously… read more Photo of Gareth Evans GARETH EVANS Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia (1988-1996) and President of the International Crisis Group (2000-2009), is currently Chancellor of the Australian National University. He co-chairs … read more Photo of Martin Feldstein MARTIN FELDSTEIN Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, chaired President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers from… read more Photo of Joschka Fischer JOSCHKA FISCHER Joschka Fischer was German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, a term marked by Germany's strong support for NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, followed by its opposition to the… read more Photo of Jeffrey Frankel JEFFREY FRANKEL Jeffrey Frankel, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, previously served as a member of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. He directs the Program in… read more Photo of Gita Gopinath GITA GOPINATH Gita Gopinath is Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, and … read more Photo of Daniel Gros DANIEL GROS Daniel Gros is Director of the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund, and served as an economic adviser to the European Commission, the… read more Photo of Richard N. Haass RICHARD N. HAASS Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department (2001-2003), and was President George W. Bush’s special… read more Photo of Koichi Hamada KOICHI HAMADA Koichi Hamada, Special Economic Adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is Professor of Economics at Yale University and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Tokyo. read more Photo of Ricardo Hausmann RICARDO HAUSMANN Ricardo Hausmann, a former minister of planning of Venezuela and former Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank, is Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at… read more Photo of Christopher R. Hill CHRISTOPHER R. HILL Christopher R. Hill, former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, was US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Macedonia, and Poland, a US special envoy for Kosovo, a negotiator of the Dayton… read more Photo of Harold James HAROLD JAMES Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University, Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence, and a senior fellow at the Center for… read more Photo of Simon Johnson SIMON JOHNSON Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is a professor at MIT Sloan, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of a leading economics blog, The … read more Photo of Lee Jong-Wha LEE JONG-WHA Lee Jong-Wha, Professor of Economics and Director of the Asiatic Research Institute at Korea University, served as Chief Economist and Head of the Office of Regional Economic Integration at the Asian … read more Photo of Zhang Jun ZHANG JUN Zhang Jun is Professor of Economics and Director of the China Center for Economic Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai. read more Photo of Yuriko Koike YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike, Japan's former defense minister and national security adviser, was Chairwoman of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's General Council and currently is a member of the National Diet. read more Photo of Bjørn Lomborg BJØRN LOMBORG Bjørn Lomborg, an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, founded and directs the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which seeks to study environmental problems and solutions using the best… read more Photo of Lucy P. Marcus LUCY P. MARCUS Lucy P. Marcus, founder and CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting, Ltd., is Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School, a non-executive board director of Atlantia SpA, non-executive … read more Photo of Dominique Moisi DOMINIQUE MOISI Dominique Moisi is Senior Adviser at The French Institute for International Affairs (IFRI) and a professor at L'Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He is the author of The… read more Photo of Joseph S. Nye JOSEPH S. NYE Joseph S. Nye, a former US assistant secretary of defense and chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, is University Professor at Harvard University. He is the author, most recently, of… read more Photo of Ana Palacio ANA PALACIO Ana Palacio, a former Spanish foreign minister and former Senior Vice President of the World Bank, is a member of the Spanish Council of State and a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University. read more Photo of Chris Patten CHRIS PATTEN Chris Patten, the last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford. read more Photo of Jean Pisani-Ferry JEAN PISANI-FERRY Jean Pisani-Ferry is a professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and currently serves as the French government's Commissioner-General for Policy Planning. He is a former director of… read more Photo of Raghuram Rajan RAGHURAM RAJAN Raghuram Rajan is Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. read more Photo of Stephen S. Roach STEPHEN S. ROACH Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale’s… read more Photo of Michel Rocard MICHEL ROCARD Michel Rocard, former First Secretary of the French Socialist Party and a member of the European Parliament for 15 years, was Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991. read more Photo of Dani Rodrik DANI RODRIK Dani Rodrik is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic… read more Photo of Mark Roe MARK ROE Mark Roe, a professor at Harvard Law School, is an expert on securities law and financial markets. He is the author of numerous studies of the impact of politics on corporate organization and… read more Photo of Kenneth Rogoff KENNETH ROGOFF Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist of the International… read more Photo of Nouriel Roubini NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, was Senior Economist for International Affairs in the White House's Council of Economic… read more Photo of Jeffrey D. Sachs JEFFREY D. SACHS Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is also Special Adviser to the United… read more Photo of Andrew Sheng ANDREW SHENG Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of the Fung Global Institute and a member of the UNEP Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance, is a former chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures… read more Photo of Robert J. Shiller ROBERT J. SHILLER Robert J. Shiller, a 2013 Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at Yale University and the co-creator of the Case-Shiller Index of US house prices. He is the author of Irrational… read more Photo of Peter Singer PETER SINGER Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, The Ethics … read more Photo of Jaswant Singh JASWANT SINGH Jaswant Singh was the first person to have served as India’s finance minister (1996, 2002-2004), foreign minister (1998-2004), and defense minister (2000-2001). While in office, he launched the first … read more Photo of Hans-Werner Sinn HANS-WERNER SINN Hans-Werner Sinn, Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich, is President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and serves on the German economy ministry’s Advisory… read more Photo of Robert Skidelsky ROBERT SKIDELSKY Robert Skidelsky, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University and a fellow of the British Academy in history and economics, is a member of the British House of Lords. The author of… read more Photo of Anne-Marie Slaughter ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department (2009-2011), is President and CEO of the New America Foundation and Professor Emerita of Politics and… read more Photo of Javier Solana JAVIER SOLANA Javier Solana was EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of NATO, and Foreign Minister of Spain. He is currently President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy… read more Photo of Michael Spence MICHAEL SPENCE Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Fellow at the… read more Photo of Joseph E. Stiglitz JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, was Chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and served as Senior Vice… read more Photo of Shashi Tharoor SHASHI THAROOR Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary general and former Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs, is currently an MP for the Indian… read more Photo of Adair Turner ADAIR TURNER Adair Turner, a former chairman of the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority and former member of the UK's Financial Policy Committee, is Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic… read more Photo of Laura Tyson LAURA TYSON Laura Tyson, a former chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers, is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior adviser at The… read more Photo of Andrés Velasco ANDRÉS VELASCO Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is Professor of Professional Practice in International Development at Columbia University's School of International and… read more Photo of Yu Yongding YU YONGDING Yu Yongding, a former president of the China Society of World Economics and director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, served on the Monetary … read more