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329 commentaries, Updated on 27 Aug 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. Adekeye Adebajo Africa’s Future Hinges on Revitalizing Multilateralism
  2. Vera Songwe, et al. Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets
  3. Paola Subacchi A Growth Agenda for the G20
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63 commentaries, Updated on 19 Aug 2024

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

  1. Joschka Fischer This Time Is Different in the Middle East
  2. Shlomo Ben-Ami Gaza and the Apocalypse
  3. Anne-Marie Slaughter, et al. Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women
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115 commentaries, Updated on 5 Sep 2024

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

  1. Helmut K. Anheier Will the German Center Hold?
  2. Jorge Heine What a Trump Victory Would Mean for Latin America
  3. Debasish Roy Chowdhury Nothing Has Changed in India
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138 commentaries, Updated on 21 Aug 2024

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

  1. Laura Alfers, et al. Protecting Informal Workers from Extreme Heat
  2. Anna Husarska A Glimmer of Hope for Afghanistan’s Girls and Women
  3. Yasmine Sherif Giving Afghan Girls the Education They Demand
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35 commentaries, Updated on 4 Sep 2024

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

  1. Christian Catalini, et al. Crypto Policy Needs to Empower Builders, Not Speculators
  2. Elisabeth Carpenter, et al. Why Most Firms Fail to Capitalize on New Technologies
  3. Jordan Bleicher, et al. The Geopolitical Imperative to Upgrade the Dollar
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94 commentaries, Updated on 3 Sep 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. Nadia Calviño, et al. Small-Island Solidarity and Climate Common Sense
  2. Laura Carvalho The Dead Hand of Neoliberalism Is Blocking Green Growth
  3. Mary Robinson Rich Countries Must Meet Their Biodiversity Financing Pledges
Putin's War on Ukraine

458 commentaries, Updated on 6 Sep 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. Samuel Charap, et al. How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit
  2. Chris Patten The Enduring Lessons of Stalin’s Wartime Endgame
  3. Roger Myerson, et al. How NATO Can Help End the Ukraine War
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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52 commentaries, Updated on 4 Sep 2024

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

  1. Kehinde A. Togun What’s Driving Africa’s Protests?
  2. Anna Husarska A Glimmer of Hope for Afghanistan’s Girls and Women
  3. Nicholas Reed Langen British Judges Are Carrying Water for China
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112 commentaries, Updated on 4 Sep 2024

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

  1. Angela Huyue Zhang Authoritarian Countries’ AI Advantage
  2. Peter G. Kirchschläger Beware of Big Tech Steering AI Regulation
  3. Diane Coyle Will the AI Revolution Lead to Greater Prosperity?
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255 commentaries, Updated on 3 Sep 2024

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

  1. Brahma Chellaney The West’s Stealthy Assault on Democracy
  2. Daron Acemoglu The Trump Threat to Democracy Has Only Grown
  3. Mark Jones How Fascism Happens
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137 commentaries, Updated on 14 Aug 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. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  2. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies
  3. Antonio Zappulla To Protect Democracy, Protect Exiled Journalists
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    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
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    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

    call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
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    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

    considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
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    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

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