Thursday, 3 May 2012


Our World in 2012: Edition index

The New Europe annual Our World in 2012  brings together 71 individuals to a unique edition which will serve as a torch and guidemap to the next 12 months. Below find the titles and descriptions of all the contributing authors, as well as links for easy access:
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Leaders-cum-losers of 2011by Alexandros Koronakis, Director of New Europe newspaper
The year of rational pessimismby Joseph E. Stiglitz, university professor at Columbia University, a Nobel laureate in economics, and the author of Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy.

by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Fragile and unbalanced in 2012by Nouriel Roubini, Chairman of Roubini Global Economics and professor at the Stern School of Business, New York University.
After the promised landby Peter Sutherland, former Director General of the GATT and the WTO, currently co-chair of the High-level Expert Group on Trade, set up by the UK, German, Turkish, and Indonesian governments to examine the world trading system.
Obama the statesmanby Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director of Policy Planning in the US State Department from 2009-2011, and Professor of International Relations at Princeton University.
Russia’s botoxic president returnsby Nina Khrushcheva, author of Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics. The author also teaches international affairs at The New School and is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York.
Taking faith seriouslyby Former UK prime minister Tony Blair, founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org)
The new international economic disorder
by Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO and author of When Markets Collide.
South Eastern Europe in 2012- contrasts in troubled waters  by Hido Biscevic, Secretary-General of the Regional Co-operation Council.
‘We must revisit democracy’by Ambassador Jean-Paul Carteron, founder of the Fondation du Forum Universale and the Crans Montana Forum 
Occupy the governmentby Esther Dyson, CEO of EDventure Holdings, an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world.
The economic imperatives of the Arab springby Kemal Derviş, Vice-President of the Brookings Institution in Washington and Advisor to the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University. He was Turkey’s Minister of Economic Affairs and is a former Executive Head of the United Nations Development Program.
Disaster can waitby Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar.
Guns and beer will get us through 2012by Andy Carling, EU Affairs editor, New Europe newspaper
Between Iraq and a hard placeby Wasfe Tahir Ali, Secretary General,  People’s National Democratic Liberation Movement of Iraq
Russia-Ukraine: Interlocking effect on co-operation with NATO to be stronger in 2012by Alla Myshalova , associate, Greek Association for Atlantic and European Co-operation and a defence expert.
Industrialisation’s second golden ageby Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics at the World Bank, and the author of Demystifying the Chinese Economy.
The Balkans in 2012: A year of hopes and challengesby Ivan Delibasic, EU Affairs journalist, New Europe newspaper
Gold up, Dollar down in 2012
by Clem Chambers, CEO of financial information site ADVFN.com, and author of 101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners.
EUROPEAN FUTURE
Greece under siege…by Theodoros Rousopoulos, journalist, former Minister of State and government Spokesman of Greece, government of Kostas Karamanlis, 2004-2008
Europe’s year of indecisionby George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Institute.
Europe: Any light at the end of the tunnel?by Tzvetan Vassilev, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Corporate Commercial Bank AD.
The Europe of the futureby Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (2003-2011), President of the Bank of France (1993-2003), currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.
The European Ombudsman: More pro-active transparency in the EU administrationby P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman since April 2003, was re-elected as European Ombudsman in 2010.
Europe’s challenges in 2012by Javier Solana, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (ESADEgeo).
A new diplomacy for the EU?by Daryl Copeland, analyst, educator, consultant, and the author of Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations.   
European maritime and fishing economy towards sustainability and new growthby Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Any hope for Europe?by Ralf Grahn, lawyer, independent EU affairs advisor and euroblogger based in Finland
Fight the Hydra with an ‘Iolaus strategy’by Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Member of the European Parliament
The domino effectby Cillian Donnelly, EU Affairs editor, New Europe newspaper
2012, the year of the new euroby Dennis Kefalakos, Editor-in-Chief, New Europe newspaper
Sovereign debt crisis and need for political visionby Foteini Kalantzi, visiting scholar at Freie Universität Berlin and a freelance journalist
Mission not yet accomplishedby Prof. Dr. Danuta Hübner, MEP, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development in the European Parliament
So what happens next?by Nigel Farage, Member of the European Parliament
Upgrading EU commercial diplomacy in 2012by Richard Youngs, Director General of FRIDE.
The European brewing sector in 2012: The challenges aheadby Pierre-Olivier Bergeron, Secretary General of The Brewers of Europe
LIFE AND SOCIETY
The renaissance of hopeby Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
A contract with the futureby Francisco Jaime Quesado, general manager of the Innovation and Knowledge Society in Portugal
Looking for the constant in an ever-changing environmentby Alexander Anghelou, Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Brussels.
Wine in moderation – a balanced approach to reduce harmful drinkingby George T.D. Sandeman, President of the Wine in Moderation program 
The role of sport in 2012by Dmitry Chernyshenko, CEO, Sochi 2014 Winter Games
 
RISING ASIA
Asia enters the stormby Laura Tyson, former chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers, currently professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
What China wants in 2012by Li Zhaoxing, China’s foreign minister from 2003-2007, currently Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress.
Asian women on topby Vishakha Desai, President and CEO of Asia Society, which will host the Women Leaders of New Asia Summit in Zhenjiang, China, April 19 – 21, 2012.
ENDING EXTREMISM
A global culture to fight extremismby Maajid Nawaz, co-Founder and Chairman of London-based think-tank The Quilliam Foundation.
In tough times, why do Europeans always turn to the Right?by James Drew, Online Editor, New Europe newspaper
ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
Gazing into the energy crystal ball for 2012by Kostis Geropoulous, Energy and Russian Affairs Editor, New Europe newspaper
Timely remindersby Dr. Janez Potočnik, Member of the European Commission, Environment Commissioner. In his first mandate as Commissioner (2004 – 2009), he was responsible for the Science and Research.
by John Harris,Vice President and Head Governmental Affairs and Communications, Landis+Gyr.
by Stefan Scheuer, Secretary General of  the Coalition for Energy Savings
OUR DIGITAL WORLD
Three things I have learned in 2011: A New Year's messageby Neelie Kroies, Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner.
The future of machines lies in the most advanced technology: YOUby Stefanos Kofopoulos, New Europe’s tech wrangler
2012: Time to untap the potential of digital databy Athanasios Kotsis, CEO, INTRASOFT International
Fuelling the European economy in 2012by John Vassallo, Vice President EU Affairs, Microsoft
The year of the broadbandby Tony Graziano, Vice-President for Public Affairs & Communication at the Huawei Brussels Office
ETHICS IN FINANCE
The global message of the Robin Cosgrove prizeby Dr. Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Co-President of the Ethics in Finance Robin Cosgrove Prize, together with Professor Paul Dembinski of the Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva.
by Paul H. Dembinski, Director of the Observatoire de la Finance (Geneva) and co-President of the Robin Cosgrove Ethics in Finance Prize 2011.
by Jakub Kuriata, Currently works as a credit analyst of financial institutions at BNP Paribas in London and is also a PhD student at the Warsaw School of Economics.
by Faly Ranaivoson, An integral leadership consultant and facilitator.
by Simone Heinemann, PhD student at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, where she is completing a thesis on financial derivatives and systemic risk. She was the winner of the Robin Cosgrove Ethics in Finance Prize 2011.
by Bruno Federico Fernández, Works for the Central Office of Public Funds in the Ministry of Economy of Tucumán and collaborates as a volunteer in a microcredits program for the Leon Foundation.
by Nicolás Meyer, Social psychologist and co-founder and Executive Director of Nuestras Huellas Asociación Civil.
by Carlos Eduardo Estapé Viana, Works in the law firm Guyer & Regules (www.guyer.com.uy), mainly in the Corporate and Tax Department.  
by Carmen Carmona, has been working for almost a year as Decision Analyst Consultant for Catalyze, a consulting firm in the UK.
by Bob Diamond, Chief Executive of Barclays
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