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Middle Powers, the US Dollar, and a More Resilient Peace

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Middle Powers, the US Dollar, and a More Resilient Peace

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  • Supporting genuinely multilateral financing: strengthening institutions such as the New Advancement Bank (NDB) and regional development banks, on the explicit condition that their operations enhance openness, debt sustainability and conflict sensitivity.
  • Embedding peace criteria in currency and sanctions policy: pushing, in forums such as the G20 and UN, for clearer norms on when financial coercion is legitimate, proportionate and consistent with humanitarian law.
  • Acting collectively: echoing Mark Carney’s warning, middle powers shoudl use coalitions – MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea (Republic of), Türkiye
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