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    Robert Zoellick

    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      Central banks
      Markets ignore the internal politics of central banks at their peril

      There are significant institutional constraints on the Fed and the ECB’s room for manoeuvre

      Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank president
    • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
      War in Ukraine
      Transferring frozen Russian reserves to Ukraine is elegant justice

      Western allies of the nation are overstating the fears and failing to truly recognise the benefits

      A Ukrainian rescue worker stands next to a residential building partially destroyed by a missile attack in Kharkiv
    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      ReviewHistory books
      The long shadow of Iraq and its lessons today

      Melvyn Leffler’s new history of the war against Saddam reveals how guilt, fear and hubris led to a fateful military intervention

      A US marine carries a torn-down poster of Saddam Hussein in the suburbs of south-east Baghdad in 2003
    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
      US-China relations
      Joe Biden must build on his dialogue with Xi Jinping

      The US president will have to choose between indulging China hawks or achieving results

      President Joe Biden meets with President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the White House in Washington, DC, in November
    • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
      US politics & policy
      How Joe Biden can help Britain modernise its role in the world

      London’s course looks uncertain, but it offers opportunities to Washington

      Joe Biden: a North America-UK free trade agreement  would help Britain offer a timely signal to investors
    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      US foreign policy
      Americans are still internationalists at heart

      The next US administration should draw upon an immense domestic agenda to shape its international plan

      Voters cast early ballots in New York
    • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
      Head to HeadGlobal economic growth
      Are we heading into another Depression? | Free to read

      Economists and analysts give their views on the global economy as countries relax coronavirus lockdowns

      web_Another Depression?
    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      ReviewPolitical books
      Fight House by Tevi Troy — how to run riot in the West Wing

      New book blends intrigue with history in an entertaining guide to life at the White House

      Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (C) attends a meeting between President Donald Trump (not pictured) and Italian President Sergio Mattarella (not pictured) in the Oval Office of  the White House in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
      Philip Stephens
      How not to win the technology race with China

      Donald Trump’s all-guns-blazing approach is a sure way to a lose-lose break with Beijing

      web_Technology race
    • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
      FT News Briefing podcast7 min listen
      Zoellick slams Trump, Huawei, Mets for sale

      Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick publicly rebukes Donald Trump’s China policy

    • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
      US-China trade dispute
      Former World Bank president faults Trump’s China policy

      Robert Zoellick says president risks pushing Beijing towards a parallel system

      Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank Group, delivers a keynote speech at the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The key for China's economic outlook will be any move toward new reforms after its twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle later this year, Zoellick said. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
      Geopolitics
      German reunification gave Europe strategic purpose

      Diplomats dealing with North Korea and Iran should review the historical record

      For. Min. Eduard Shevardnadze (R) w. US State Secy. Jim Baker during bilateral talks in Irkutsk, Siberia, USSR. (Photo by Chris Niedenthal/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
      US-China trade dispute
      Donald Trump’s impulsive approach to China makes US vulnerable

      Meeting at the G20 is unlikely to resolve the complex conflict between Beijing and Washington

      (FILES) In this file photo taken on November 8, 2017, China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - The White House on April 4, 2019, stoked anticipation Trump could announce a summit with Xi to finalize a trade agreement resolving their nine month-trade war. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images
    • Friday, 19 April, 2019
      AllianceBernstein LP
      Robert Zoellick vacates AllianceBernstein chair

      Ex-World Bank president leaves as French insurer Axa cuts ties to US business

      Robert Zoellick ‘brought valuable global perspective’ to AllianceBernstein (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg)
    • Tuesday, 5 February, 2019
      Emerging markets
      Whoever runs the World Bank needs a plan for emerging markets   

      Developing nations are an important source of strength in the global economy 

      President Donald Trump, front center, listens to France's President Emmanuel Macron as they pose with world leaders for a group picture at the start of the G20 Leader's Summit inside the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Bottom row from left are South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri and China's President Xi Jinping. Middle row, from left, are European Council's President Donald Tusk, the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde stands in the top row, second from right. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
    • Sunday, 2 December, 2018
      George HW Bush
      George HW Bush’s presidency transformed global relations

      The 41st US president created an atmosphere of co-operation and respect

      FILE PHOTO: U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Secretary of State James Baker study prepared remarks at Bush's desk in the Oval Office in Washington February 22, 1991. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
    • Thursday, 19 July, 2018
      Technology sector
      Twitter names ex-World Bank chief to board in reshuffle
    • Thursday, 24 May, 2018
      US trade
      The US will be the loser from Trump’s focus on trade deficits

      The president’s obsession with manufacturing plays to his base but ignores services

      President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, en route to a day trip to New York City. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2017
      US trade
      The conflict at the heart of Donald Trump’s foreign policy

      His aim is a political realignment achieved by voicing the grievances of his voters

      U.S. President Donald Trump speaks beside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2017
      US politics & policy
      McCain cancer news shakes Capitol Hill

      Veteran is a critical vote in Congress and a vocal critic of the Trump administration

      FILE PHOTO: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens as he is introduced at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. on October 28, 2008.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
    • Monday, 1 May, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Axa ousts AllianceBernstein chief Peter Kraus in shake-up

      French company tightens grip on US fund manager as eight other directors exit

      Peter Kraus Public Art Fund 2014 Spring Benefit, New York, America - 10 Apr 2014
    • Monday, 1 May, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      AllianceBernstein taps JPMorgan veteran Seth Bernstein as CEO
    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2017
      US politics & policy
      Donald Trump masters the art of the unexpected

      To understand the president-elect, view him as an independent not a Republican

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
      Geopolitics
      With Trump, the US foreign policy framework is at risk

      America has been a voice for liberty, open doors and leader of the free world

      GRAND RAPIDS, MI - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 16 October, 2016
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      After Obama: The future of US foreign policy

      Robert Zoellick on the key strategic decisions facing the next president

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