Maximilian Hippold

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Maximilian Hippold

Research Associate, International Economics

Maximilian Hippold is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, he worked as a pre-doctoral research professional at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago. Maximilian holds a bachelor's degree in economics from LMU Munich and a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Infrastructure

Learning From Past U.S. Infrastructure Investments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the CHIPS and Science Act stand to transform U.S. infrastructure for decades to come. Policymakers should look to the successes and failures of the 1956 act that established the interstate system for guidance.

Article by Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Maximilian Hippold October 18, 2024 RealEcon

Latin America

How the Caribbean Is Building Climate Resilience

The Caribbean is bearing the brunt of climate change. Governments in the region are taking steps to combat it, but are they enough?

Backgrounder by Diana Roy November 13, 2024

Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

The IRGC is one of the most powerful organizations in Iran, conceived as the principal defender of the 1979 revolution, and now a critical link to Islamist militant groups violently opposed to Israel and the United States.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors November 12, 2024

Lebanon

What Is Hezbollah?

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors October 29, 2024

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