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How can the eurozone get the fiscal stimulus it needs, and which European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging, in the face of the refusal by some countries, starting with Germany, to run budget deficits? There is a good answer, but it doesn't involve attempting to cicumvent the intent of the ECB's statute.
Dec 9, 2019 laments that the movement of political and social discourse online has empowered intellectual hijackers.
Dec 9, 2019 proposes a quasi-fiscal stimulus that would neither violate EU rules nor spur German resistance.
Dec 6, 2019 worries that ethnic conflict will overwhelm Ethiopia's opportunity to consolidate its political progress.
Dec 6, 2019 shows why attempting to parlay the bloc's economic strength into strategic influence would be a mistake.
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Following Turkey’s spurning of its Western allies in Syria and an abortive NATO summit this month, the transatlantic alliance seems to have hit a new political low. Is French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent lament about NATO’s “brain death” becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Both US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would benefit from a face-saving deal to end the ongoing trade war. But even if Trump and Xi manage to ease tensions in the short term, the future of the two countries’ economic relationship remains in doubt.
At a time of shifting global power balances and asymmetric threats, the risk of a conflict involving nuclear weapons has increased to a level few would have anticipated just a decade ago. Are we headed back to the bad old days of hair-trigger warnings and mutually assured destruction?
The Big Picture brings together a range of Project Syndicate commentaries not just on topics in the news, but also on the deeper issues driving the news. Readers quickly gain the insights of diverse, authoritative perspectives on critical global events and challenges.
Project Syndicate celebrates its 25th anniversary with PS 25, a collection of our hardest-hitting commentaries so far.
Sustainability Now brings together leading voices in all of the domains involved in combating climate change, each addressing specific facets of the challenge.
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Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W… read more
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