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317 commentaries, Updated on 19 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. Jayati Ghosh The Key to Transforming African Health
  2. Ishac Diwan, et al. Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over
  3. Peter Doyle Leaving Africa’s Colonial-Era Currency Will Be Hard, But May Be Wise
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50 commentaries, Updated on 19 Apr 2024

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

  1. Kaushik Basu Globalization vs. Democracy
  2. Joschka Fischer The Gaza War Goes Global
  3. Gareth Evans The Urgency of Palestinian Statehood
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22 commentaries, Updated on 22 Apr 2024

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

  1. Eric Posner What to Look for in Trump’s First Trial
  2. Sławomir Sierakowski Beating Back Populists at the Grassroots
  3. Shashi Tharoor Does Pakistan Still Matter to India?
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126 commentaries, Updated on 18 Apr 2024

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

  1. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, et al. Gender-Neutral Fintech Isn’t Working for Women
  2. Jane Kabubo-Mariara Africa’s Prosperity Depends on Achieving Gender Equality
  3. Nkechi S. Owoo Give Women with Disabilities a Chance
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30 commentaries, Updated on 29 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. Paolo Tasca The Struggle for Currency Supremacy
  2. Dante Alighieri Disparte America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation
  3. Cina Lawson, et al. A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty
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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

429 commentaries, Updated on 22 Apr 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. Laurence Boone, et al. Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia
  2. Shlomo Ben-Ami Europe’s War Jitters
  3. Simon Johnson, et al. Russian Revisionism and the Sources of Western Weakness
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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46 commentaries, Updated on 16 Apr 2024

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

  1. David Alton, et al. Who Should Decide If It’s Genocide?
  2. Graça Machel The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza
  3. Chris Patten China Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong
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85 commentaries, Updated on 23 Apr 2024

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

  1. Daron Acemoglu, et al. History Already Tells Us the Future of AI
  2. Justina Nixon-Saintil AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities
  3. Eric Posner The Future of Work in the AI Era
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210 commentaries, Updated on 19 Apr 2024

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

  1. Robert Skidelsky The Language of Political Control
  2. Kaushik Basu Globalization vs. Democracy
  3. Mu Sochua The Threat Posed by Cambodia’s New Strongman
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132 commentaries, Updated on 17 Apr 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. Anya Schiffrin, et al. Quality Journalism Is More Important than Ever
  2. Natalie Dunleavy Campbell, et al. The US Is Jeopardizing the Open Internet
  3. Mark Esposito, et al. The Threat of Persuasive AI
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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.
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    Trump and the Risk of a US Debt Default

    William L. Silber thinks the former president would be even more reckless if awarded another term this year.
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    Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia

    Laurence Boone & Nicu Popescu

    The European Union’s cumbersome and narrowly defined regulations for public procurement and spending are not simply inadequate; they are dangerous. They weaken the bloc’s ability to protect itself from a broad range of Russian hybrid attacks while prolonging Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

    propose a European Defense Production Act to help fast-track processes for public procurement and spending.
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    What to Look for in Trump’s First Trial

    Eric Posner

    The intricate legal issues and colorful characters in Donald Trump's criminal trials will undoubtedly keep the media and the viewing public enraptured for months to come. But when it comes to the 2024 election, all that really matters is how the defendant appears to a narrow sliver of undecided voters.

    points out that optics, more than the law or the facts, will be what matters most for the election.
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    AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities

    Justina Nixon-Saintil surveys the technology's foreseeable applications in promoting urban sustainable development.
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    How Risky Is Japan’s Monetary-Policy Normalization?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the implications of the central bank’s exit from negative interest rates and quantitative easing.
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    As Families Change, So Must the Safety Net

    Neha Bansal urges governments to implement policies that promote intergenerational integration and solidarity.
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    The Language of Political Control

    Robert Skidelsky views recent linguistic innovations as manipulative efforts to compel “correct” thought and perception.
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    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.

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