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Jan-Werner Mueller

Transactional Diplomacy Cannot Bring Peace to Ukraine

KYIV – The world is holding its breath as diplomacy to end Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine intensifies. But while necessary and...

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Oleksandra Matviichuk

Ecuador’s Warning to Trump

QUITO – While US President Donald Trump’s administration claims that its aggressive strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean are...

yesterday 20

Guillaume Long

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Means More War

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Why Peace in Ukraine Remains a Distant Prospect

NEW YORK – Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the push to end the war is intensifying. Diplomacy over the past few...

yesterday 7

Ian Bremmer

Eurasia’s Great Water Gamble

BISHKEK – For decades, the idea of redirecting a small share of Siberia’s vast freshwater resources toward Central Asia has been considered a...

yesterday 7

Djoomart Otorbaev

Japan Talks Tough

NEW YORK – It didn’t take long for Japan’s hawkish new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, to rile the Chinese government. On November 7, just weeks...

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Ian Buruma

The Massive Costs of Anti-Immigration Policies

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Kenneth Rogoff

Why Do US Congressional Leaders Keep Beating the Stock Market?

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Shang-Jin Wei

Three Cheers for the London Consensus

WASHINGTON, DC – In 1999, thousands of activists descended on Seattle to protest a World Trade Organization gathering of finance and trade...

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Building Global Africa

CAIRO – Were he still alive, Frantz Fanon, the revolutionary Pan-African thinker and son of Martinique, would have celebrated his centenary this...

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Temwa Gondwe

Will China Forcibly Boost Fertility?

MADISON – When China implemented its one-child policy in 1980, it also raised the barriers to marriage and made divorce easier. Later, in 1991, the...

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Yi Fuxian

Manias, Panics, and AI

WASHINGTON, DC – In 1978, Charles Kindleberger published Manias, Panics, and Crashes , an instant classic history of investment booms and...

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Simon Johnson

The G20 Must Follow Through on Debt Relief

LAGOS – As G20 leaders met in Johannesburg last month, they faced a grim reality: many developing-country governments are spending more than they...

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Olusegun Obasanjo

Deeper into the Public Procurement Goldmine

CAMBRIDGE – Governments have long recognized that innovation drives economic growth. To nurture it, they have created ministries, agencies, and...

tuesday 10

Ricardo Hausmann

Can America Win the New Race for Scientific Leadership?

CHICAGO – As geopolitical tensions rise, competition for the cutting-edge science and talent that underpins advanced technology has heated up. The...

tuesday 10

Nancy Qian

Creative Destruction Should Not Spare Commercial Banks

NEW YORK – Money is an enigma. But if there is one thing we know for sure, it is that money begets money. The best way to make more of it is to...

tuesday 10

Katharina Pistor

Renminbi Internationalization Is Closing the Climate Finance Gap

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tuesday 10

Ma Jun

A Just Transition for Land

BONN/JEDDAH – With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) and the G20 Leaders’ Summit now concluded, attention turns to this week’s...

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Andrea Meza Murillo

Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting India Hard

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Shashi Tharoor

Nigeria Needs Safe Schools

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Gordon Brown

The Future of China’s “Electro-State”

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01.12.2025 10

Ludovic Subran

MAGA’s Death Wish

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01.12.2025 10

Stephen Holmes

The Triple-Return Ocean Economy

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01.12.2025 7

Peter Bryant

The Judge at the End of Europe

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01.12.2025 10

Yanis Varoufakis

The Basel Consensus Is Cracking

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Howard Davies

Get Ready for an Overdue Fed Overhaul

NEW YORK – Today, there is a level of discord within the United States Federal Reserve that has rarely been seen in modern history. Nearly all...

28.11.2025 20

Mohamed A. El-Erian

Make Russia Pay for Its War on Ukraine

NEW YORK – As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, the European Union has yet to take one of the most powerful steps...

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Joseph E. Stiglitz

Defending Press Freedom in the Age of Trump

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Martin Baron

What Will the US Debt Reckoning Look Like?

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Jeffrey Frankel

The Corruption Is the Point

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Newspaper Columnists

The Autocrats’ War on Universities

Jan-Werner Mueller

Transactional Diplomacy Cannot Bring Peace to Ukraine

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Ecuador’s Warning to Trump

Guillaume Long

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Means More War

Ps Commentators

Why Peace in Ukraine Remains a Distant Prospect

Ian Bremmer

Eurasia’s Great Water Gamble

Djoomart Otorbaev

Japan Talks Tough

Ian Buruma

The Massive Costs of Anti-Immigration Policies

Kenneth Rogoff

Why Do US Congressional Leaders Keep Beating the Stock Market?

Shang-Jin Wei

Three Cheers for the London Consensus

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Building Global Africa

Temwa Gondwe

Will China Forcibly Boost Fertility?

Yi Fuxian

Manias, Panics, and AI

Simon Johnson

The G20 Must Follow Through on Debt Relief

Olusegun Obasanjo

Deeper into the Public Procurement Goldmine

Ricardo Hausmann

Can America Win the New Race for Scientific Leadership?

Nancy Qian

Creative Destruction Should Not Spare Commercial Banks

Katharina Pistor

Renminbi Internationalization Is Closing the Climate Finance Gap

Ma Jun

A Just Transition for Land

Andrea Meza Murillo

Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting India Hard

Shashi Tharoor

Nigeria Needs Safe Schools

Gordon Brown

The Future of China’s “Electro-State”

Ludovic Subran

MAGA’s Death Wish

Stephen Holmes

The Triple-Return Ocean Economy

Peter Bryant

The Judge at the End of Europe

Yanis Varoufakis

The Basel Consensus Is Cracking

Howard Davies

Get Ready for an Overdue Fed Overhaul

Mohamed A. El-Erian

Make Russia Pay for Its War on Ukraine

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Defending Press Freedom in the Age of Trump

Martin Baron

What Will the US Debt Reckoning Look Like?

Jeffrey Frankel

The Corruption Is the Point

Janine R. Wedel