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    The Legacy of Henry Kissinger

    Richard Haass

    The passing of America’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.

     reviews the life and career of America’s preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.
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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Ban Ki-moon, et al. urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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    When Investors Subvert States

    Jayati Ghosh urges policymakers to end the undemocratic practice of allowing multinationals to sue sovereign countries.
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    Beware the New Consensus on the Global Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian worries that domestic political divisions and market volatility could exacerbate financial vulnerabilities.
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    The New Roots of Anti-Semitism

    Slavoj Žižek worries that Zionist fundamentalism is exacerbating the problem it purports to solve.
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    What Google and Facebook Owe News Publishers

    Haaris Mateen, et al. support laws requiring Big Tech to pay media companies for the content featured on their digital platforms.
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    What Anti-Trumpism Is Missing

    Daron Acemoglu urges Democrats to support working-class interests and priorities after many years of neglect.
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    Accelerating Latin America’s Clean-Energy Revolution

    Patricia Espinosa & Lourdes Melgar tout the huge opportunities and identify the main challenges of the transition to renewables in the region.
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    Fixing China’s Real-Estate Sector

    Yu Yongding suggests three measures the government can take to address property developers’ deteriorating finances.
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    Our Megathreatened Age

    Nouriel Roubini predicts a bright future – if we can survive the next few decades of economic instability and political chaos.
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    Poland’s Democratic Rebirth Pains

    Nov 30, 2023 Sławomir Sierakowski describes the rapid marginalization of the recently defeated Law and Justice party and its autocratic leader.

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    What Google and Facebook Owe News Publishers

    Nov 30, 2023 Haaris Mateen, et al. support laws requiring Big Tech to pay media companies for the content featured on their digital platforms.

  3. The Legacy of Henry Kissinger
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    The Legacy of Henry Kissinger

    Nov 30, 2023 Richard Haass reviews the life and career of America’s preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.

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    Fixing China’s Real-Estate Sector

    Nov 30, 2023 Yu Yongding suggests three measures the government can take to address property developers’ deteriorating finances.

  5. The New Roots of Anti-Semitism
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    The New Roots of Anti-Semitism

    Nov 30, 2023 Slavoj Žižek worries that Zionist fundamentalism is exacerbating the problem it purports to solve.

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    Antara Haldar on behavioral economics, development models, global governance, and more

    Antara Haldar advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
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    Our Megathreatened Age

    Nouriel Roubini predicts a bright future – if we can survive the next few decades of economic instability and political chaos.
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    Holiday 2023 Reading List

    PS editors highlight recent works by PS contributors that belong on your holiday shopping list.
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    The New Industrial Policy and Its Critics

    Laura Tyson & John Zysman explain how a government-led economic strategy can promote market competition and innovation.
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    The Hidden Gender Wealth Gap

    Céline Bessière & Sibylle Gollac document an underappreciated form of inequality that threatens to set women back once again.
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    Will the Israel-Hamas War Spread?

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    Comfort Ero, Negar Mortazavi, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Sinan Ülgen

    As Israel’s war against Hamas enters its second month, tensions are running high across the region, with some observers predicting a geopolitical reshuffling, and others fearing a wider Middle East war. We asked PS commentators to assess the likely behavior of Israel’s neighbors and regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey.

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    Mapping the Future of ESG at COP28

    Vijay Bains predicts that the upcoming climate summit in Dubai will build a global consensus on sustainable investing.
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    Justice for Climate Migrants

    Sameh Shoukry & Amy E. Pope urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
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    Loss and Damage as a Common Climate Cause

    Naveeda Khan explains why so many developing countries have not balked at a major oil producer hosting COP28.

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  1. Sławomir Sierakowski Poland’s Democratic Rebirth Pains
  2. Richard Haass The Legacy of Henry Kissinger
  3. Slavoj Žižek The New Roots of Anti-Semitism
  4. Daron Acemoglu What Anti-Trumpism Is Missing

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  1. Patricia Espinosa, et al. Accelerating Latin America’s Clean-Energy Revolution
  2. Vijay Bains Mapping the Future of ESG at COP28
  3. Sameh Shoukry, et al. Justice for Climate Migrants
  4. Naveeda Khan Loss and Damage as a Common Climate Cause

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  4. Teresa Marchiori Justice for Street Vendors

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Hippolyte Fofack The Technologies African Farmers Need
  2. Hippolyte Fofack Niger’s Colonial-Style Resource Curse
  3. Tsitsi Masiyiwa How Africa Can Make the Most of Diaspora Finance

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Haaris Mateen, et al. What Google and Facebook Owe News Publishers
  2. Laura Tyson, et al. To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism
  3. James Deane Britain’s Turn Against Championing Media Freedom

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…

  1. Nancy Qian Zero-COVID’s Long Tail
  2. Marisa Peyre, et al. To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Follow the Science
  3. Mariana Mazzucato Unlocking Health Technology’s Potential for All