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The Economist: By Invitation

A guide to the resources available through the Department's subscription to The Economist.

By Invitation

By Invitation is an exclusive series from The Economist where experts outside The Economist are asked to provide their opinions on the top news stories of the day. A selection of articles is available below and the complete list of available articles can be found at www.economist.com/by-invitation.

Xi Jinping may attack Taiwan to secure his legacy, warn Admiral Lee Hsi-mn and Eric Lee 

August 3, 2022

Admiral Lee Hsi-min was the chief of the general staff of Taiwan's armed forces between 2017 and 2019, and is  currently a senior fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, a think-tank in Washington, DC. Eric Lee is the Associate Director of Programme's at Project 2049.

The global economy needs to be better prepared for the coming storm, says Catherine Judge

July 7, 2022

Catherine Judge is the Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and an expert on banking and financial systems. She is the author of Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source, published in 2022. 

Linda Thomas-Greenfield believes the UN Security Council should make better use of technology

June 28, 2022

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is America's ambassador to the United Nations.

Angel Ubide expects inflation to subside if supply shocks fade

May 11, 2022

Angel Ubide is a managing director at the American hedge-fund firm Citadel. 

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the need to rejuvenate multilateral trade deals

October 26, 2021

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the Director General of the World Trade Organisation. She served as Nigeria's finance minister from 2003-06. Following this term, she served as Nigeria's foreign minister. She has also worked as a development economist at the World Bank.