In my 9 February 2022 Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I wrote about the problem of unsustainable debt owed to China.

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing many countries to the edge of default. Workouts will use Paris Club rules, but China is not a member.

In this Brookings op-ed, I focused on the how the Global Financial Crisis was calling into question “risk-free” US and European bonds.

In this Brookings blog post, I argued that forcing write-downs of bonds of weak EU countries held by private investors would be a mistake.

In this blog post, I blame the EU for Greece’s debt crisis, not the private sector banks and bond investors; they should be spared haircuts.

In this op-ed, I fault the US and other traditional aid donors for claiming that China’s loans will lead to debt problems in Africa.

In this Brookings report, I examine the write-off of Nigeria’s debt to Paris Club creditors proposed by the UK. It is the right thing to do.

In this Brookings op-ed, I explained how Nigeria’s debt to Paris Club creditors ballooned and why a generous write-off makes sense.

In this Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I pushed back on an Editorial by pointing to a specific Paris Club treatment for Iraq.

In this Brookings op-ed, I addressed the USG push to get debt relief for Iraq and called for comparable attention to the case of Argentina.

In this Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I objected to Martin Wolf’s hard line on Argentina and offered a sustainable approach.

In this NPR interview, I talked about Secretary of State James Baker’s travel to get support for debt relief for Iraq.

This is the audio file and transcript of my interview by NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates on the subject of debt relief for Iraq.

This book was my ticket into the Brookings Institution. It deals with the only policy area where I can fairly claim world class expertise.

Growing concerns this year about debt-servicing problems among low-income countries have rekindled interest in my first serious publication.

This is a companion piece to my Princeton Essay. It was published in a 1984 issue of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.