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312 commentaries, Updated on 28 Mar 2024

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

  1. Rabah Arezki Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future
  2. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
  3. David Miliband Sudan’s Descent into Violence Must Not Be Ignored
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42 commentaries, Updated on 7 Mar 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the conflict in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.

  1. Shlomo Ben-Ami The Untimely Resurrection of the Two-State Solution
  2. Noëlle Lenoir Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?
  3. Daoud Kuttab Can Marwan Barghouti Be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
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17 commentaries, Updated on 25 Mar 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the issues and trends shaping the biggest global election year in history.

  1. Richard Haass America’s Year of Living Dangerously
  2. Connie Hedegaard Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset
  3. Shashi Tharoor Indian Democracy’s Moment of Truth
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125 commentaries, Updated on 27 Mar 2024

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Project Syndicate is highlighting a selection of insightful commentaries written by female contributors on iss…

  1. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
  2. Nkechi S. Owoo Give Women with Disabilities a Chance
  3. Rudo Kayombo The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
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29 commentaries, Updated on 28 Mar 2024

In Finance of the Future, Project Syndicate, with support from Circle, brings together leading experts, innovators, regulators, and more to examine th…

  1. Dante Alighieri Disparte America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation
  2. Cina Lawson, et al. A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty
  3. Andrew Sheng, et al. A Stablecoin Pilot in China?
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87 commentaries, Updated on 13 Mar 2024

As former Irish President Mary Robinson and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu pointed out nearly a decade ago, “climate change is a matter of ju…

  1. Joseph E. Stiglitz The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth
  2. Bogolo Kenewendo The Case for Mission-Driven Climate Finance
  3. Patrick Guillaumont, et al. Official Development Assistance Must Recognize Countries’ Vulnerabilities
Putin's War on Ukraine

425 commentaries, Updated on 26 Mar 2024

Russia has failed to achieve the quick victory in Ukraine for which it apparently hoped, but a prolonged war of attrition would amount to a different …

  1. Harold James Europe’s High Noon
  2. Omar Ashour Why ISIS Attacked Russia – and Why Russia Blames Ukraine
  3. Joschka Fischer When France and Germany Squabble, Putin Rejoices
The Light Bulb

58 commentaries, Updated on 11 Mar 2024

In The New Enlightenment, Project Syndicate, in partnership with The New Institute, brings together leading experts, academics, practitioners, and pol…

  1. Mariana Mazzucato, et al. Governments Must Shape AI’s Future
  2. Bertrand Badré, et al. How to Democratize AI
  3. Mariana Mazzucato A Progressive Green Growth Narrative
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43 commentaries, Updated on 14 Mar 2024

Activists, campaigners, and other experts consider how to support freedom, justice, and human dignity globally.

  1. Peter Singer Does Religious Freedom Trump Animal Welfare?
  2. Noëlle Lenoir Can UNRWA Officials Be Prosecuted?
  3. Nabil Ahmed Cracks in the New Gilded Age
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79 commentaries, Updated on 28 Mar 2024

PS commentators consider how to seize the opportunities and mitigate the risks created by artificial intelligence.

  1. Dante Alighieri Disparte America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation
  2. Mubarak Al-Kuwari, et al. A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Governance
  3. Marietje Schaake, et al. Making Emerging Technologies Safe for Democracy
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203 commentaries, Updated on 28 Mar 2024

Project Syndicate commentaries on the growing threats to liberal democracy, open societies, and the rule of law around the world.

  1. Abdullah Gül Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention
  2. Federico Fubini Why Is Europe Moving Rightward?
  3. Slavoj Žižek Haiti’s Proud Boys
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131 commentaries, Updated on 23 Feb 2024

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

  1. Natalie Dunleavy Campbell, et al. The US Is Jeopardizing the Open Internet
  2. Mark Esposito, et al. The Threat of Persuasive AI
  3. Karina Montoya The Google Trial’s Dangerous Secrecy
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    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?

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    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.
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    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.
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    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.
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    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.
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    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.
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    American Sinophobia

    Stephen S. Roach warns that fear has driven US policymakers to level a litany of unsubstantiated charges against China.
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    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.
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    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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