Skip to main content

Topics

Curated collections of commentaries not just on topics in the news, but also on the deeper issues driving the news.

Sunrise Johannesburg Africa BFG Images/Getty Images

318 commentaries, Updated on 24 Apr 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. Anne O. Krueger The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis
  2. Jayati Ghosh The Key to Transforming African Health
  3. Ishac Diwan, et al. Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over
Israel Hamas Topic_Mohammed DahmanGetty Images Mohammed Dahman/Getty Images.

54 commentaries, Updated on 9 May 2024

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

  1. Shlomo Ben-Ami The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism
  2. Peter Singer When Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?
  3. Ian Buruma The Privileged Gaza Protesters
elections topic_Dragon ClawsGetty Images Dragon Claws/Getty Images

30 commentaries, Updated on 8 May 2024

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

  1. Adekeye Adebajo Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test
  2. Gaurav Dalmia What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
  3. Dalia Marin The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
topic_the female voice_Kena Betancur_woman fist to sky Kena Betancur/Getty Images

127 commentaries, Updated on 9 May 2024

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

  1. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir How to Close the Gender Wage Gap
  2. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, et al. Gender-Neutral Fintech Isn’t Working for Women
  3. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
GettyImages-532453858 Chuck Savage/Getty Images

32 commentaries, Updated on 10 May 2024

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

  1. Agustín Carstens, et al. The Rise of the Finternet
  2. Mariana Mazzucato, et al. Central Banks in a Cashless World
  3. Paolo Tasca The Struggle for Currency Supremacy
topic page_Climate Justice_Marco Cantile_LightRocket Via Getty Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images

90 commentaries, Updated on 22 Apr 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. Justina Nixon-Saintil AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities
  2. Iván Duque Márquez How Guyana Became Latin America’s Leading Development Lab
  3. Laurence Tubiana Taxing Polluters Is the Key to Climate Justice
Putin's War on Ukraine

433 commentaries, Updated on 6 May 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. Ian Bremmer Will the Renewed US Support for Ukraine Be Enough?
  2. Chris Patten The West Must Not Let Putin Win
  3. Carl Bildt Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now
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
GettyImages-1385767491

47 commentaries, Updated on 9 May 2024

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

  1. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir How to Close the Gender Wage Gap
  2. David Alton, et al. Who Should Decide If It’s Genocide?
  3. Graça Machel The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza
AI topic bymuratdeniz/Getty Images

86 commentaries, Updated on 24 Apr 2024

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

  1. Peter G. Kirchschläger AI Needs UN Oversight
  2. Daron Acemoglu, et al. History Already Tells Us the Future of AI
  3. Justina Nixon-Saintil AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities
topic_democracy_Comstock-Images_person-voting Comstock Images/Getty Images

215 commentaries, Updated on 8 May 2024

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

  1. Dalia Marin The Zero-Sum Logic Fueling the Rise of Germany’s Far Right
  2. Pranab Bardhan The Popular Decimation of India’s Democracy
  3. Joseph E. Stiglitz Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
Press-Released_Header_2-1

134 commentaries, Updated on 2 May 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. Jodie Ginsberg Our Freedoms Depend on Press Freedom
  2. Carsten Brosda Must Democratizing the Media Be Bad for Democracy?
  3. Anya Schiffrin, et al. Quality Journalism Is More Important than Ever
  1. carstens5_Getty Images_finternet Getty Images

    The Rise of the Finternet

    Agustín Carstens & Nandan Nilekani foresee a world in which cheap, secure, and near-instantaneous financial transactions are available to all.
  2. rodrik222_Kevin FrayerGetty Images_china solar panel Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

    Don’t Fret About Green Subsidies

    Dani Rodrik sees no good argument against industrial policies that accelerate growth in decarbonization industries.
  3. gros186_Sean GallupGetty Images_euro Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Europe’s Geoeconomic Competitiveness Challenge

    Daniel Gros highlights the security risks raised by the prolonged decline of the EU’s relative economic power.
  4. op_ang1_retrorocketGetty Images_corruption retrorocket/Getty Images

    How Exceptional Is China’s Crony-Capitalist Boom?

    Yuen Yuen Ang

    While both the American and Chinese Gilded Ages raised material standards of living for hundreds of millions of people, their endemic corruption produced radically unequal and unsustainable growth. Ultimately, both periods offer cautionary tales about unbridled crony capitalism, not models for blind emulation.

    explains how corruption both drove the country's GDP growth and sowed the seeds for its current economic problems.
  5. bp india election Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

    Will India’s Election Destroy Its Democracy?

    Since taking power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have stoked Hindu nationalism, hollowed out India’s democracy, and overseen an economy that is probably performing far worse than official figures suggest. And yet Modi and the BJP are genuinely popular, making them likely – though not certain – to emerge victorious when the ongoing parliamentary election concludes in June.

  6. benami213_YEHUDA RAIZNERAFP via Getty Images_israelflag Yehuda Raizner/AFP via Getty Images

    The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

    Shlomo Ben-Ami warns that demonizing all Israelis will only make peace less likely – though that may be the point.
  7. alfredsdottir1_Getty Images_pay gap Getty Images

    How to Close the Gender Wage Gap

    Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir argues that Iceland’s experience lends further support to Nobel laureate economist Claudia Goldin’s research.
  8. brown107_Jeff J Mitchell - Pool Getty Images_covidvaccine Jeff J. Mitchell/Pool/Getty Images

    Getting the Pandemic Treaty Across the Finish Line

    Gordon Brown hopes negotiations will conclude this month, and pushes back on a last-minute wave of misinformation.
  9. singer231_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_college protests Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    When Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?

    Peter Singer rejects comparisons of the recent US campus protests to the actions of Nazi student groups in the 1930s.

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.