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    Tackling Climate Change in the Age of Trump

    Richard Haass & Carolyn Kissane

    Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Paris climate agreement, rescinded emissions-reduction targets, and ended climate-related initiatives. But a range of potential initiatives that are consistent with the Trump administration’s priorities could still slow climate change.

     argue that reconciling what is desirable with what is feasible requires a new approach.
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    Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right

    Jan-Werner Mueller

    History and social science research show that voters take their cues from elites. When politicians who are seen as mainstream treat an extremist far-right party as normal, public opinion will tend to follow; and once such normalization has happened, as in Europe today, it is virtually impossible to undo.

     explores the most common justifications that politicians offer for working with anti-democratic forces.
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    India Has Arrived

    Ana Palacio charts the country’s transition from passive observer to active shaper of international affairs.
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    The New Face of Protest

    Slavoj Žižek contrasts the pioneering mass student demonstrations in Serbia with widespread private resignation in China.
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    Climate Action Demands Global Fraternity

    Mia Amor Mottley argues that human solidarity must underpin scientific, technological, financial, and diplomatic measures.
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    How to Counter Trump's Tariffs Productively?

    Shang-Jin Wei proposes steps that allies and rivals alike can take to mitigate the effects of American trade policies.
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    Alternatives to Trump’s Russia Appeasement

    Harold James explains how France and Britain can guarantee Ukraine’s security now that America has effectively surrendered.
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    Weaponizing Data Against Democracy

    Jayati Ghosh explains why and how authoritarian leaders like Narendra Modi hide or manipulate official figures.
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    Germany at a Crossroads

    Ulrike Malmendier, et al. urge policymakers to pursue bold structural reforms, rather than clinging to an outdated growth model.
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  1. India Has Arrived
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    India Has Arrived

    Feb 17, 2025 Ana Palacio charts the country’s transition from passive observer to active shaper of international affairs.

  2. Climate Action Demands Global Fraternity
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    Climate Action Demands Global Fraternity

    Feb 17, 2025 Mia Amor Mottley argues that human solidarity must underpin scientific, technological, financial, and diplomatic measures.

  3. Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right
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    Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right

    Feb 17, 2025 Jan-Werner Mueller explores the most common justifications that politicians offer for working with anti-democratic forces.

  4. Tackling Climate Change in the Age of Trump
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    Tackling Climate Change in the Age of Trump

    Feb 17, 2025 Richard Haass & Carolyn Kissane argue that reconciling what is desirable with what is feasible requires a new approach.

  5. The Fight for Syria
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    The Fight for Syria

    Feb 14, 2025 Shlomo Ben-Ami worries that Israel and Turkey, with their clashing ambitions, could undermine the country’s stability.

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    Germany at a Crossroads

    Ulrike Malmendier, et al. urge policymakers to pursue bold structural reforms, rather than clinging to an outdated growth model.
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    Daniel Gros on DeepSeek, Germany's malaise, EU competitiveness, and more

    Daniel Gros hopes that a Chinese startup's apparent AI breakthrough will provide a much-needed boost to European competitiveness, advises the EU on how to deal with Donald Trump, urges Europe to improve conditions for bottom-up innovation, and more.
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    World Order in a Time of Monsters

    Minouche Shafik highlights the critical importance of reinvigorating social contracts at the national level.
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    The Tragedy of Zhou Enlai

    Minxin Pei reflects on the complicated life and legacy of the renowned diplomat who was Mao Zedong’s dutiful lieutenant.
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    Yi Fuxian on China's decision-making, economic prospects, demographic crisis, and more

    Yi Fuxian warns that China's government and mainstream analysts are still underestimating the severity of the country's demographic crisis, identifies some of the gravest policy mistakes Donald Trump's administration is at risk of making vis-a-vis China, explains why China’s middle class will never be strong enough to bring about a democratic transition, and more.
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    America’s Workers Are About to Be Forgotten Again

    Josh Bivens & Heidi Shierholz contrast the Biden administration's pro-worker policies with what Donald Trump is likely to do.

The world’s diplomatic, political, and economic divisions continue to harden – both between countries and within them. Whereas 2022 and 2023 featured a war of attrition in Ukraine, we have since entered a broader world of attrition, with zero-sum conflicts multiplying across the board.

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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    What Climate Justice Means for Latin America and the Caribbean

    Thiago Barral & Woochong Um urge policymakers to work with key stakeholders to accelerate the uptake of renewables.

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  1. Shang-Jin Wei How to Counter Trump's Tariffs Productively?
  2. Lee Jong-Wha Reaping Asia’s Silver Demographic Dividend
  3. Desmond Lachman Trump’s Looming Deficit Disaster
  4. Barry Eichengreen Will US Export Restrictions Work?

  1. Ana Palacio India Has Arrived
  2. Jan-Werner Mueller Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right
  3. Shlomo Ben-Ami The Fight for Syria
  4. Jayati Ghosh Weaponizing Data Against Democracy

  1. Gordon Brown A Reformed WHO Should Make Its Case to America
  2. Peter Singer “America First” in Action
  3. Daniel M. Franks, et al. Africa Needs Mineral Security, Too
  4. Jayasree K. Iyer Climate Displacement Is Also a Health Crisis

  1. Mia Amor Mottley Climate Action Demands Global Fraternity
  2. Richard Haass, et al. Tackling Climate Change in the Age of Trump
  3. Carlos Nobre, et al. The Amazon’s Future Will Be Decided in 2025
  4. Serge Ekué, et al. Getting Green Investment Where It’s Needed Most

  1. Kate Kallot The Global South Needs to Own Its AI Revolution
  2. Mariana Mazzucato, et al. Governing AI for the Public Interest
  3. Anne Bouverot Bending the Arc of AI Development Toward Shared Progress
  4. Charles Ferguson The Crisis in Western AI Is Real

  1. Slavoj Žižek Fundamentalist Perverts
  2. Ian Buruma Ukraine’s Existential Culture War
  3. Helen Prejean An Injustice That Biden Can Still Set Right
  4. Peter Singer Australia’s Great Social-Media Experiment

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

  1. Daniel M. Franks, et al. Africa Needs Mineral Security, Too
  2. Rim Berahab, et al. How to Make Carbon Pricing Work for Africa
  3. Pascal Lamy, et al. The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

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

  1. J. Bradford DeLong Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors
  2. Karen Rønde Danish Media’s United Stand Against Big Tech
  3. Robin Berjon Social Media as It Should Be

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

  1. Jan-Werner Mueller Confronting the Pandemic’s Toxic Political Legacy
  2. Brahma Chellaney Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?
  3. Antara Haldar COVID’s Lessons Have All Been Forgotten