Amanda Silverman

Amanda Silverman is a story editor, print, for Foreign Policy. Before joining FP, she was the deputy editor of The New Republic, where she managed special projects, such as the magazine's centennial issue. Prior to that, she was the magazine's managing editor, overseeing the production of the print magazine. She was also a reporter-researcher there from 2009 to 2010. Between stints at The New Republic, Amanda spent two years at the political polling and consulting firm Benenson Strategy Group. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2008 and lives in Washington, D.C.

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A Deadly Double Standard

2013 Global Thinker Gulalai Ismail and 2015 Global Thinker Leslee Udwin debate whether the patriarchal mindset so pervasive in South Asia can be reprogrammed—or if women must persevere in a rape culture.

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Are Women Still Disconnected From The Connected World?

2011 Global Thinker Robert Zoellick and Jeffrey E. Garten discuss the future of emerging markets, gender equality, and the cyclical nature of globalization.

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Does the LGBT Community Have a Trans Problem?

2015 Global Thinkers Jim Obergefell and Andreja Pejic discuss divisions in the queer community and the scourge of P.C. culture

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The Power of the Purse

2015 Global Thinkers Shannon Schuyler and Amy-Willard Cross discuss the importance of supporting women in business — and penalizing those who won’t.

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Epidemics on the Move

2013 Global Thinker Caroline Buckee and FP Voice Laurie Garrett discuss how human migration — and the refugee crisis — poses an immense problem to treating disease.

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Why Water Is a Fundamental National Security Issue

2014 Global Thinker Arye Kohavi and writer Charles Fishman explain why the world’s water problems are solvable — if it weren’t for the clunky policies standing in the way.

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Why Won’t Regulators Rein in Big Banks?

2014 FP Global Thinker Anat Admati and the Peterson Institute's Pedro Nicolaci da Costa explain why, even now, no one wants to stand up to Wall Street.

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