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Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe

BERLIN – Donald Trump’s election as the 47th president of the United States has undoubtedly filled Russian President Vladimir Putin with hope....

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Joschka Fischer

A New Deal for Developing Countries

NAIROBI – The recent, record-breaking $100 billion replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) is a...

yesterday 10

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William Ruto

Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right

LONDON – The United Kingdom’s Labour government has given serious thought to the public investment needed to get the economy back on track after...

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Mariana Mazzucato

Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity

EDINBURGH – Convinced that their interpretation of Islam is the only legitimate one, Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders continue to issue decrees...

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Gordon Brown

American Idiots

BERKELEY – The threat of a Christmastime government shutdown sparked by America’s chief Scrooges, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and J.D. Vance, has...

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J. Bradford Delong

PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

As another tumultuous year draws to a close, Project Syndicate continues its annual tradition of inviting contributors to recommend the books that...

20.12.2024 7

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Ps Editors

The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

MILAN – While official sources and the media highlight strong consumer-spending and jobs data in the United States, or tout high US stock-market...

20.12.2024 20

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Michael Spence

Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

GENEVA – In recent years, the concept of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has gained significant attention from the international community,...

20.12.2024 10

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Carl Gahnberg

Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

OXFORD – In September 2015, Russia intervened militarily in Syria’s civil war, propping up Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship as it teetered on the...

20.12.2024 20

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Galip Dalay

Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

LONDON – At this time of year, many people pause to reflect on the true meaning of philanthropy, asking themselves: What is the best way to give?...

20.12.2024 3

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Dambisa Moyo

Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

EDINBURGH/TRONDHEIM – When Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to invade Ukraine in February 2022, he surely did not expect that one...

20.12.2024 20

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Håvard Halland

Services Are the New Road to Development

WASHINGTON, DC – For developing countries around the world – especially the poorest – the economic terrain has seldom been so slippery....

20.12.2024 1

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Indermit Gill

The Half Promise of Weight-Loss Drugs

LONDON – Groundbreaking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have understandably generated a lot of excitement, bringing hope to the hundreds...

19.12.2024 6

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Emily Armistead

The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

ATHENS – A motley crew of centrist pundits in Europe, the Global South, and, following Donald Trump’s election victory, the United States believe...

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Yanis Varoufakis

Will Trumponomics Bring Boom or Bust in 2025?

J. Bradford DeLong The Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman famously summed up Hollywood in three words: “Nobody knows anything.” The same...

19.12.2024 10

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J. Bradford Delong

China’s Struggles with a Consumer Society

NEW HAVEN – China’s engineering prowess has been nothing short of extraordinary. From world-class infrastructure and eco-friendly cities to...

19.12.2024 2

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Stephen S. Roach

The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

NEW YORK – Following the recent 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, we are confronted with one pressing question:...

19.12.2024 10

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Ilana Seid

Did Mexico Help Trump Get Elected?

MEXICO CITY – There is no question that immigration was a defining issue in last month’s US presidential election. Donald Trump used the...

18.12.2024 2

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Jorge G. Castañeda

China Is Better Prepared Than America for a Divorce

BEIJING – When US President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration launched its trade war against China in 2018, the goal was clear. Trump...

18.12.2024 3

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Keyu Jin

How the EU Can Scale Up Carbon Removal

BERLIN/PARIS – The European Union has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, and there are strong signals that...

18.12.2024 5

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Ludovic Chatoux

Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience

PURCHASE, NEW YORK – A group of economists came together earlier this year to complete the largest analysis of hurricanes’ economic effects on...

18.12.2024 20

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Ellen Jackowski

The High Cost of South Korea’s Short-Lived Martial Law

SEOUL – When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol abruptly declared martial law late on December 3, claiming that it was necessary to enable him...

18.12.2024 5

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Takatoshi Ito

The Way Forward in Syria

17.12.2024 1

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Carl Bildt

Crime Is Punishing Latin America’s Economies

WASHINGTON, DC – Violent crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has for decades taken a steep toll on lives and livelihoods. Outside of...

17.12.2024 20

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Nathalie Alvarado

China’s New Social Contract

MADRID – Europe’s view of China has evolved rapidly in recent decades. What began as a broad lack of knowledge about the country gave way to...

17.12.2024 4

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Ana Palacio

The Energy Transition That Couldn’t

NEW YORK – Ideas, and the words we use to frame them, matter. For example, as the Cold War wound down, “the end of history” suggested that...

17.12.2024 3

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Richard Haass

Can Trump’s Tariff Threats Save Dollar Hegemony?

CAMBRIDGE – In 2023, the leaders of Brazil and the other BRICS countries at the time – China, India, Russia, and South Africa – discussed...

17.12.2024 10

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Jeffrey Frankel

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