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Haruhiko Kuroda

India’s Growth Crossroads

MANILA – As the slowdown in the world’s major industrial economies drags on, growth in developing Asia is being affected. A serious burden w…
Mahmoud Mohieldin

Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030…
Jaswant Singh

The Road to Asian Unity

NEW DELHI – Asia’s lack of institutions to ameliorate regional tensions is often lamented. But greater Asian unity may be arising by the bac…
Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Coming Atlantic Century

PRINCETON – The United States is rising; Europe is stabilizing; and both are moving closer together. That was the principal message earlier …

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Desmond Tutu Apr. 24, 2013

Vaccination’s Lifetime of Blessings

CAPE TOWN – A world in which our children and their children grow up free from the threat of polio and other preventable diseases is a dream…
Suniya Qureshi Apr. 19, 2013

Pakistan’s Winnable War on Polio

LAHORE – I grew up in Pakistan throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, and my parents, like parents everywhere, wanted me to be fit and healthy an…
Seth Berkley Apr. 12, 2013

Beating the Child Killers

GENEVA – Ask most people to name the two biggest causes of death among children, and they will most likely say malaria and HIV. In fact, it …
Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich Feb. 21, 2013

The Food Threat to Human Civilization

PALO ALTO – Humanity faces a growing complex of serious, highly interconnected environmental problems, including much-discussed challenges l…
Graca Machel Jan. 27, 2013

A Peace Agenda for Global Development

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – This week, the 27 members of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda gather in Monro…
Bjørn Lomborg Jan. 11, 2013

The End of Pasta?

PRAGUE – Scare stories have been an integral part of the global warming narrative for a long time. Back in 1997, Al Gore told us that global…
Jeffrey D. Sachs Nov. 26, 2012

Polluters Must Pay

NEW YORK – When BP and its drilling partners caused the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the United States governm…
Mahmoud Mohieldin Aug. 16, 2012

Sustainable Convictions

WASHINGTON, DC – Achieving a more sustainable world presupposes a worldview that considers well-being not only in terms of income, but also …
Peter Singer Aug. 13, 2012

The Real Abortion Tragedy

MELBOURNE – In the Dominican Republic last month, a pregnant teenager suffering from leukemia had her chemotherapy delayed, because doctors …
Agnes Binagwaho Jul. 5, 2012

Global Health Solidarity at a Crossroads

KIGALI – A decade ago, the global community stood together to declare that where people live should not determine whether they live or die w…

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