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346 commentaries, Updated on 27 Dec 2024

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Hippolyte Fofack Trump Can’t Stop De-Dollarization
  2. Adekeye Adebajo What Trump’s Return Means for Africa
  3. William Ruto A New Deal for Developing Countries
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77 commentaries, Updated on 16 Dec 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the conflict in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.

  1. Dennis Ross Will Stability Rise from the Middle East Rubble?
  2. Daoud Kuttab Trump’s Middle East Challenge
  3. Richard Haass A New Chance for the Middle East
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134 commentaries, Updated on 30 Dec 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the issues and trends shaping the biggest global election year in history.

  1. Ngaire Woods A Politics of Hope Is Our Best Hope
  2. Sergei Guriev AI Has Not Yet Destroyed Democracy
  3. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
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147 commentaries, Updated on 11 Dec 2024

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Project Syndicate is highlighting a selection of insightful commentaries written by female contributors on iss…

  1. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  2. María Fernanda Espinosa Did COP29 Fail Women?
  3. Xianghong Wang The Second Glass Ceiling for Women
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37 commentaries, Updated on 4 Dec 2024

In Finance of the Future, Project Syndicate, with support from Circle, brings together leading experts, innovators, regulators, and more to examine th…

  1. Andrew Gallucci The Dollar Diplomacy We Need
  2. Paul Ryan Stablecoins Can Defend the Dollar’s Global Status
  3. Christian Catalini, et al. Crypto Policy Needs to Empower Builders, Not Speculators
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107 commentaries, Updated on 31 Dec 2024

As former Irish President Mary Robinson and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu pointed out nearly a decade ago, “climate change is a matter of ju…

  1. Mohammed Usrof, et al. Ban Solar Geoengineering
  2. William Ruto A New Deal for Developing Countries
  3. Ilana Seid The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
Putin's War on Ukraine

478 commentaries, Updated on 30 Dec 2024

Russia has failed to achieve the quick victory in Ukraine for which it apparently hoped, but a prolonged war of attrition would amount to a different …

  1. Michael Froman, et al. Supporting Ukraine Is in Trump’s Interest
  2. Joschka Fischer Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe
  3. Håvard Halland, et al. Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer
The Light Bulb

61 commentaries, Updated on 5 Aug 2024

In The New Enlightenment, Project Syndicate, in partnership with The New Institute, brings together leading experts, academics, practitioners, and pol…

  1. Mariana Mazzucato Collective Intelligence and the Common Good
  2. James Livingston Two Cheers for Identity Politics
  3. Mariana Mazzucato The Economics of Health for All
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58 commentaries, Updated on 23 Dec 2024

Activists, campaigners, and other experts consider how to support freedom, justice, and human dignity globally.

  1. Gordon Brown Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity
  2. Christy Hoffman Amazon Is Busting Democracy, Not Just Unions
  3. Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, et al. Belarus in the Dock
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130 commentaries, Updated on 16 Dec 2024

PS commentators consider how to seize the opportunities and mitigate the risks created by artificial intelligence.

  1. Eric Schmidt We Need Energy for AI, and AI for Energy
  2. Sergei Guriev AI Has Not Yet Destroyed Democracy
  3. Charles Ferguson Our AI Near-Future
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283 commentaries, Updated on 27 Dec 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the growing threats to liberal democracy, open societies, and the rule of law around the world.

  1. Yoon Young-kwan South Korea’s Constitution Needs Fixing
  2. J. Bradford DeLong American Idiots
  3. Yanis Varoufakis The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It
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138 commentaries, Updated on 16 Oct 2024

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Katrin Kivi The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger
  2. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  3. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies
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    MAGA Goes to Panama

    Ruti Teitel asks whether the United States ever became truly reconciled to giving up control of the canal it built.
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    China Won’t Save Labour’s Britain

    Chris Patten urges British policymakers to focus instead on crafting polices that really can promote economic recovery.
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty of the Trump Economy

    Nouriel Roubini

    Given the economic, financial, and political constraints that Donald Trump is likely to face if he pursues his most radical and ill-advised economic policy proposals, the near-term outlook for the US economy heading into 2025 is relatively benign. Overall, the good ideas should offset the effects of the bad ones.

    considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth and inflation.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.
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    A Politics of Hope Is Our Best Hope

    Ngaire Woods highlights the need for governments to be more ambitious in addressing the causes of citizens’ frustrations.
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    The Man Who Relaunched India

    Kaushik Basu reflects on the legacy of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who set the stage for today’s economic growth.
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    COVID’s Lessons Have All Been Forgotten

    Antara Haldar laments the world's return to business as usual without having absorbed anything essential from the pandemic.
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    Supporting Ukraine Is in Trump’s Interest

    Michael Froman & Charles A. Kupchan see only one way for the US president-elect to achieve the peace settlement he desires.
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    The Climate Crisis Is Also an Inflation Crisis

    Mónica Araya & Saliem Fakir highlight the need for integrated, equitable policies that address both global warming and rising prices.

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