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338 commentaries, Updated on 23 Oct 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. Kingsley Moghalu Fixing Africa’s Governance Crisis Must Come First
  2. Bogolo Kenewendo, et al. Africa’s Green Future Starts with Debt Relief
  3. Kenneth Rogoff Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa
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73 commentaries, Updated on 1 Nov 2024

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

  1. Nouriel Roubini Israel and Iran Are Likely to Escalate
  2. Carl Bildt An Israeli Victory May Not Bring Peace
  3. Mariana Chilton The Destructive Legacy of Mass Starvation
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129 commentaries, Updated on 30 Oct 2024

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

  1. Salome Samadashvili The End of Georgia’s European Dream?
  2. Takatoshi Ito Japan’s Electoral Stalemate
  3. Slavoj Žižek Saving Democracy from Itself
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141 commentaries, Updated on 15 Oct 2024

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

  1. Mariana Chilton The Destructive Legacy of Mass Starvation
  2. Laura Tyson Abortion and Reproductive Rights Are Economic Issues
  3. Jess Ayers, et al. Helping Women Adapt to Extreme Heat Helps Us All
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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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96 commentaries, Updated on 28 Oct 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. Axel van Trotsenburg Prosperity Requires a Healthy Planet
  2. Mette Frederiksen, et al. How to Mobilize Private Climate Finance
  3. Nadia Calviño, et al. Small-Island Solidarity and Climate Common Sense
Putin's War on Ukraine

468 commentaries, Updated on 18 Oct 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. Marci Shore Shifting the Paradigm in Ukraine
  2. Ana Palacio Ukraine Needs Security Guarantees
  3. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. What Would Victory in Ukraine Look Like?
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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56 commentaries, Updated on 30 Oct 2024

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

  1. Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, et al. Belarus in the Dock
  2. Mariana Chilton The Destructive Legacy of Mass Starvation
  3. John J. Donohue, et al. The Crisis of America’s Public Defenders
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117 commentaries, Updated on 25 Oct 2024

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

  1. Charles Ferguson What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development
  2. Katharina Pistor Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI
  3. Justina Nixon-Saintil Unlocking AI-Powered Learning
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263 commentaries, Updated on 1 Nov 2024

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

  1. Claire Melamed Democracy’s Data Paradox
  2. Salome Samadashvili The End of Georgia’s European Dream?
  3. Sławomir Sierakowski Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent
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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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    Only Harris Will Deliver Shared Prosperity

    Simon Johnson says that Donald Trump’s discredited protectionism would benefit the few at the expense of the many.
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    Israel and Iran Are Likely to Escalate

    Nouriel Roubini rejects the widespread view that the conflict will be contained after the latest exchange of attacks.
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    The Perils of a Trump-Musk Economy

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Donald Trump is offering a vision of crony rentier capitalism that has enticed many captains of industry and finance. In catering to their wishes for more tax cuts and less regulation, he would make most Americans’ lives poorer, harder, and shorter.

    explains what a Republican victory in the 2024 election would mean for most Americans’ standard of living.
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    Elon Musk Gets Trump’s Economic Plans Partly Right

    James K. Galbraith argues that only a tycoon could love Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, deportations, and spending cuts.
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    The Futile Search for a Dollar Rival

    Andrés Velasco sees no progress on the part of the BRICS to challenge America’s monetary hegemony.
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    Democracy’s Data Paradox

    Claire Melamed explains why reliable information is crucial to maintaining the integrity of political institutions.
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    Europe’s Existential AI Challenge

    Bertrand Badré & Charles Ferguson

    The outcome of the AI race could determine the global distribution of wealth and power for generations to come, and Europe is already lagging far behind China, the United States, Israel, Taiwan, and many others. Overhauling the EU's sclerotic, Kafkaesque startup ecosystem has never been more urgent.

    explain what is wrong with the EU technology startup system, and what to do about it.
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    Harris or Chaos

    Michele Gelfand explains what is really at stake in the 2024 US presidential election.
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    A Weak French Government’s Fiscal Reckoning

    Philippe Aghion & Bénédicte Berner warns that the absence of a parliamentary majority is likely to impede efforts to restore sustainable growth.

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