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350 commentaries, Updated on 26 Feb 2025

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

  1. Jaynisha Patel The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral
  2. Daniel M. Franks, et al. Africa Needs Mineral Security, Too
  3. Rim Berahab, et al. How to Make Carbon Pricing Work for Africa
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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

A selection of insightful commentaries written by female contributors on issues affecting women and girls.

  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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40 commentaries, Updated on 31 Jan 2025

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

  1. Lucrezia Reichlin Will Crypto Save the Dollar?
  2. Carl Manlan, et al. Fintech Must Embrace Universal Inclusion
  3. Andrés Velasco Crypto’s Unholy Choir
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114 commentaries, Updated on 21 Feb 2025

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. Masatsugu Asakawa Meltdown at the Top of the World
  2. Mia Amor Mottley Climate Action Demands Global Fraternity
  3. Serge Ekué, et al. Getting Green Investment Where It’s Needed Most
Putin's War on Ukraine

491 commentaries, Updated on 4 Mar 2025

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. Andrew Kosenko, et al. Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia
  2. Anastassia Fedyk, et al. Ukraine’s True Value
  3. Carl Bildt Trump the Capitulator
The Light Bulb

62 commentaries, Updated on 13 Jan 2025

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

  1. Yana Gevorgyan AI Alone Won’t Save the Planet
  2. Mariana Mazzucato Collective Intelligence and the Common Good
  3. James Livingston Two Cheers for Identity Politics
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66 commentaries, Updated on 5 Mar 2025

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

  1. Jean-Michel Blanquer The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist
  2. Peter Singer “America First” in Action
  3. Melissa Parke The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
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145 commentaries, Updated on 27 Feb 2025

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

  1. Adair Turner AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth
  2. William H. Janeway In AI We Trust?
  3. Daron Acemoglu Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?
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306 commentaries, Updated on 5 Mar 2025

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

  1. Ian Buruma Who Will Lead the Democratic World?
  2. Jean-Michel Blanquer The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist
  3. Sławomir Sierakowski America Is Gone – Europe Must Replace It
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141 commentaries, Updated on 7 Feb 2025

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

  1. J. Bradford DeLong Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors
  2. Karen Rønde Danish Media’s United Stand Against Big Tech
  3. Robin Berjon Social Media as It Should Be
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    What Trump 2.0 Means for Africa and Latin America

    Kenneth Rogoff

    US President Donald Trump’s decision to shut down USAID will deal a severe blow to African countries, weakening public-health systems and eroding American credibility. But Trump’s return could trigger a long-overdue rightward shift in Latin America after decades of failed socialist experiments.

    highlights the far-reaching implications of the new administration’s move to slash foreign-aid funding.
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    Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old

    Anu Madgavkar & Marc Canal Noguer recommend policies that would mitigate the impact of increased longevity and declining birth rates.
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    Musk and DOGE Are Doing It Wrong

    Diane Coyle highlights the fundamental flaw in the Trump administration’s push to cut red tape and curb wasteful spending.
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    Who Will Lead the Democratic World?

    Ian Buruma thinks the onus of defending our political freedoms will be on two countries that once tried to destroy them.
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    The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist

    Jean-Michel Blanquer calls for global solidarity with the writer Boualem Sansal, unjustly detained and dying for freedom.
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    The End of Globalization as We Know It

    Dalia Marin examines how rising uncertainty and progress on automation have changed firms' views on global value chains.
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    Will Trump Trigger a Eurozone Debt Crisis?

    Desmond Lachman hopes the US president recognizes that his proposed tariffs could quickly blow back on the US.
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    Indonesia’s Incomplete Industrial Strategy

    Keun Lee & Marco Kamiya point out that, for emerging and developing economies, attracting foreign direct investment is not enough.
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    Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

    Andrew Kosenko & Joseph E. Stiglitz

    If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the moment by seizing Russia’s assets. Europe has become the world’s bulwark against the rising tide of authoritarianism, and it can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses.

    urge European governments to seize the $220 billion of Russian assets frozen in their jurisdictions.

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