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Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
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Phone: +1.202.509.8446
E-mail: smallaby@cfr.org
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Columnist and former editorial board member at the Washington Post. Currently writing a book on hedge funds.
Expertise:Globalization, trade, foreign assistance, hedge funds.
Experience:Washington Post Columnist (1999- Present); Washington Post Editorial Board Member (1999-2007); Author of The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (The Penguin Press: 2004); Washington Bureau Chief for The Economist (1997-1999); Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Economist (1993-1996); International Finance Correspondent for The Economist (1991-1992); Author of After Apartheid: The Future of South Africa (Times Books: 1992); Africa Correspondent for The Economist (1987-1991).
Languages:French (fluent)
Selected Publications:"Hands off Hedge Funds," Foreign Affairs (2007); "Saving the World Bank," Foreign Affairs (2005); "How NGOs Hurt the Poor," Foreign Policy (2004); The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations(2004).
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CFR Forum: Financial Turmoil and U.S. Power
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
May 26, 2009, Washington D.C.
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Members of the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation, a collection of fifteen leading economists and academics, discuss their recommendations for reforming global capital markets.
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May 26, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby argues that China’s ideas on international finance are mostly muddled.
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May 26, 2009
Video
Watch members of the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation, a collection of fifteen leading economists and academics, discuss their recommendations for reforming global capital markets.
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May 26, 2009
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Listen to members of the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation, a collection of fifteen leading economists and academics, discuss their recommendations for reforming global capital markets.
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May 17, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby warns that the international tensions of the 1930s were not just about trade; they were also about exchange rates. And while the world today has a rules-based trading system that staves off protectionism, there is no similar architecture governing exchange rates.
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May 14, 2009, New York
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CFR experts Benn Steil and Sebastian Mallaby discuss the lessons learned from the current financial crisis.
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May 14, 2009
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Listen to CFR experts Benn Steil and Sebastian Mallaby discuss the lessons learned from the current financial crisis.
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May 12, 2009, New York
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How does the U.S. financial system contribute to US power? Is the U.S. in danger of losing its pre-eminence in global finance? Is the dollar's status as a reserve currency under pressure, and does that affect the U.S. ability to lead global responses to world financial crises?
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May 12, 2009
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Watch experts discuss past global financial and monetary policies during financial crises and actions that governments today might take to respond to current crisis.
This session was part of the Stephen C. Friedheim Symposium on Global Economics: Financial Turbulance and U.S. Power, which was made possible through the generous support of Stephen C. Feidheim.
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May 12, 2009
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Listen to experts discuss past global financial and monetary policies during financial crises and actions that governments today might take to respond to current crisis.
This session was part of the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Financial Turbulence and U.S. Power, which was made possible through the generous support of Stephen C. Freidheim.
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May 8, 2009, New York, NY
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What new forms of international financial and monetary coordination and regulation are required in light of the global economic crisis? How should the United States work to reform the Bretton Woods Institutions? Should the BRICs and other developing countries have an increased role at the IMF and World Bank? What are the preconditions for a U.S.-China bargain on global monetary and financial issues?
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May 8, 2009
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Watch experts discuss how international financial institutions can work together to mitigate the financial crisis, as well as reforms that could make these organizations more effective.
This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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May 8, 2009
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Listen to experts discuss how international financial institutions can work together to mitigate the financial crisis, as well as reforms that could make these organizations more effective.
This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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May 8, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby argues that forward-looking stress tests should be made permanent to prevent future financial blowups.
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April 3, 2009
Interview
CFR's Sebastian Mallaby says the G-20 summit could mark the beginnings of a profound shift in global financial regulation. But he says challenges lurk in the way the IMF is funded and how it monitors economic governance.
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April 3, 2009
Podcast
CFR's Sebastian Mallaby says the deal agreed at the April 2 G-20 summit could mark a turning point for the future of financial regulation and the international monetary system. He adds, however, that many questions about how this shift might unfold remain unanswered.
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March 27, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby argues that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's ideas on regulation and wind-downs are sensible, but they won't prevent the next crisis or save taxpayers from the cost, making it imperative that the financial industry take on less risk.
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March 24, 2009
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A media conference call with CFR fellows Steven Dunaway, Matthew Slaughter, and Sebastian Mallaby on issues relevant to the G-20 summit.
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March 19, 2009
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Listen to Steven Dunaway, CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, lay out the argument of his recent Council Special Report and explain why in order for policymakers to tackle today's global economic crisis, they must go beyond bailouts and stimulus packages and focus on one of the crisis's root causes: imbalances between savings and investment in major countries.
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March 19, 2009
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Watch Steven Dunaway, CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, lay out the argument of his recent Council Special Report and explain why in order for policymakers to tackle today's global economic crisis, they must go beyond bailouts and stimulus packages and focus on one of the crisis's root causes: imbalances between savings and investment in major countries.
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Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
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For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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