David R. K. Adler, also known as David Adler is a political economist, researcher, and writer. Adler is the Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International.[1][2][3][4] His work focuses on a new internationalism to restore the balance between the Global North and Global South.[5][6]
Adler played an important role in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's visit to Latin America in August 2023. He met with leaders in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, which are the three largest leftist-led democracies in the region.[7][8][9]
Education
David Adler has a PhD from the University of Oxford, where he studied the political economy of property markets as a Rhodes Scholar at New College.[10][11]
Career
He helped create the Progressive International in 2020. He is the Co-General Coordinator along with Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla. They are part of a group called the Progressive International Cabinet.[10][12][13] Before joining Progressive International, David was part of the foreign policy advisory team for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. David also directed policy for Yanis Varoufakis and the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). During this time, he worked as a coordinator for the Green New Deal movement in Europe.[14][15][16]
Adler has written articles about climate change and politics for the New York Times, The Guardian, and El Diario in Spanish. He has also co-written several articles with Yanis Varoufakis.[17][18][19]
Research
As a Fulbright Scholar at the Colegio de México in Mexico City, he created a housing strategy for the Housing Commission of the Mexican Senate. David also worked at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, where he studied the Delhi Development Authority and how bureaucracy affects slum redevelopment.[20][21]