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  1. Fintan O'Toole is the Leonard L. Milberg Visiting Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University, columnist at the Irish Times, and the author of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain.  


  2. Jenny Odell is an artist, educator, and the author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.

  3. Alassane Ouattara

    Alassane Ouattara

    1 Commentary

    Alassane Ouattara is President of Ivory Coast.

  4. Mancur Olson

    Mancur Olson

    Writing for PS since 1996
    2 Commentaries

    Late Professor of Economics at the University Maryland; Author; Head of the Center on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector at University Maryland.

  5. Viktor Orbán

    Viktor Orbán

    Writing for PS since 1999
    2 Commentaries

    Viktor Orbán is Prime Minister of Hungary.

  6. Dara O'Rourke

    Writing for PS since 2001
    1 Commentary

    Professor of Politics at MIT.

  7. Martha Brill Olcott

    Martha Brill Olcott

    Writing for PS since 2001
    1 Commentary

    Senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her book Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise was published in 2001.

  8. Claus Offe

    Claus Offe

    Writing for PS since 2002
    1 Commentary

    Professor of Political Science, Humbolt University, Berlin.

  9. Kenichi Ohmae

    Kenichi Ohmae

    Writing for PS since 2002
    4 Commentaries

    One of the world's leading business strategists. He is President of Ohmae & Associates and has advised many of Japan's governments.

  10. Peter Osterman

    Writing for PS since 2002
    1 Commentary

    Pseudonym of a senior European diplomat with long experience in China.

  11. Ike Okonta

    Ike Okonta

    Writing for PS since 2002
    15 Commentaries

    Ike Okonta, an Abuja-based policy analyst and writer, is currently a fellow of the Open Society Institute, New York.

  12. Manuel Orozco

    Manuel Orozco

    Writing for PS since 2002
    2 Commentaries

    Manuel Orozco is a senior researcher at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration.

  13. Lucjan T. Orlowski

    Lucjan T. Orlowski

    Writing for PS since 2002
    2 Commentaries

    Leading Polish economist, Professor of Economics at Sacred Heart University.

  14. David Onoprishvili

    David Onoprishvili

    Writing for PS since 2003
    1 Commentary

    David Onoprishvili is a former Minster of Finance of Georgia and now teaches at Vanderbilt University.

  15. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

    Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

    Writing for PS since 2004
    2 Commentaries

    Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is Senior Legal Officer for the Africa Program of the Open Society Justice Initiative.

  1. bp immigration Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images

    The Immigration Tinderbox

    In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?

  2. arezki19_MARCO LONGARIAFP via Getty Images_senegalelection Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.
  3. disparte5_ Kevin DietschGetty Images_FSOC Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Dante Alighieri Disparte

    To maintain its position as a global rule-maker and avoid becoming a rule-taker, the United States must use the coming year to promote clarity and confidence in the digital-asset market. The US faces three potential paths to maintaining its competitive edge in crypto: regulation, legislation, and designation.

    urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.
  4. gul6_Hasan MradDeFodi Images via Getty Images_ghannouchi Hasan Mrad/De Fodi Images via Getty Images

    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.
  5. okonjoiweala27_GIUSEPPE CACACEAFP via Getty Images_WTO13ministerialconference Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    The World Trade Organization’s most recent ministerial conference concluded with a few positive outcomes demonstrating that meaningful change is possible, though there were some disappointments. A successful agenda of reforms will require more members – particularly emerging markets and developing economies – to take the lead.

    writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.
  6. bloomberg7_Chris HondrosGetty Images_UScaloriesmenu Chris Hondros/Getty Images

    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.
  7. roach163_ROBERTO SCHMIDTAFP via Getty Images_mikegallagher Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

    American Sinophobia

    Stephen S. Roach warns that fear has driven US policymakers to level a litany of unsubstantiated charges against China.
  8. kabubomariara2_Gerald AndersonAnadolu Agency via Getty Images_motherkenya Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

    Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality

    Jane Kabubo-Mariara outlines steps policymakers can take to redistribute unpaid domestic work among households and communities.
  9. lacroix2_ Michael GonzalezGetty Images_texasUSflags Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

    Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism

    Alison L. LaCroix highlights the constitutional threat posed by the state's attempt to impose its own immigration policy.

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