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

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
Israel Hamas Topic_Mohammed DahmanGetty Images Mohammed Dahman/Getty Images.

49 commentaries, Updated on 18 Apr 2024

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

  1. Joschka Fischer The Gaza War Goes Global
  2. Gareth Evans The Urgency of Palestinian Statehood
  3. Daoud Kuttab The Middle East Needs a Ceasefire Now
elections topic_Dragon ClawsGetty Images Dragon Claws/Getty Images

21 commentaries, Updated on 11 Apr 2024

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

  1. Sławomir Sierakowski Beating Back Populists at the Grassroots
  2. Shashi Tharoor Does Pakistan Still Matter to India?
  3. Richard K. Sherwin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy
topic_the female voice_Kena Betancur_woman fist to sky Kena Betancur/Getty Images

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
GettyImages-532453858 Chuck Savage/Getty Images

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
topic page_Climate Justice_Marco Cantile_LightRocket Via Getty Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images

89 commentaries, Updated on 11 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. Iván Duque Márquez How Guyana Became Latin America’s Leading Development Lab
  2. Laurence Tubiana Taxing Polluters Is the Key to Climate Justice
  3. Joseph E. Stiglitz The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth
Putin's War on Ukraine

428 commentaries, Updated on 12 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. Shlomo Ben-Ami Europe’s War Jitters
  2. Simon Johnson, et al. Russian Revisionism and the Sources of Western Weakness
  3. Paola Subacchi, et al. Financial Sanctions Need Global Governance
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

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
AI topic bymuratdeniz/Getty Images

83 commentaries, Updated on 11 Apr 2024

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

  1. Eric Posner The Future of Work in the AI Era
  2. Amar Bhidé The Boring Truth About AI
  3. Daron Acemoglu Are We Ready for AI Creative Destruction?
topic_democracy_Comstock-Images_person-voting Comstock Images/Getty Images

208 commentaries, Updated on 10 Apr 2024

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

  1. Mu Sochua The Threat Posed by Cambodia’s New Strongman
  2. Richard K. Sherwin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy
  3. Sinan Ülgen Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition
Press-Released_Header_2-1

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
  1. ghosh76_Kristin Palitzapicture alliance via Getty Images_afrigen Kristin Palitza/picture alliance via Getty Images

    The Key to Transforming African Health

    Jayati Ghosh highlights efforts to foster scientific innovation and drug manufacturing on the continent.
  2. op_roach3_ Kevin FrayerGetty Images_china lagging consumption Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

    Stephen S. Roach

    The most successful development stories almost always involve major shifts in the sources of economic growth, which in turn allow economies to reinvent themselves out of necessity or by design. In China, the interplay of mounting external pressures, lagging household consumption, and falling productivity will increasingly shape China’s policy choices in the years ahead.

    explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
  3. castaneda88_GERARDO MENOSCALAFP via Getty Images_latin america safety GERARDO MENOSCAL/AFP via Getty Images

    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami

    Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.

    urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.
  4. ocampo57_Celal GunesAnadolu Agency via Getty Images_imf Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

    The Urgency of Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    José Antonio Ocampo highlights the need for a comprehensive mechanism to deliver relief to low- and middle-income countries.
  5. fischer215_Mostafa AlkharoufAnadolu via Getty Images_tel aviv iran attack Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images

    The Gaza War Goes Global

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Iran’s unprecedented decision to launch a direct strike on Israeli territory.
  6. nyirinkindi1_ISAAC KASAMANIAFP via Getty Images_women phone fintech ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images

    Gender-Neutral Fintech Isn’t Working for Women

    Emmanuel Nyirinkindi & Jessica Schnabel show that the industry is not fully delivering on its promise to accelerate financial inclusion.
  7. evans72_Alex WongGetty Images_palestine statehood Alex Wong/Getty Images

    The Urgency of Palestinian Statehood

    Gareth Evans explains why formal international recognition is crucial to ending the intolerable status quo.
  8. schiffrin10_Mark WilsonGetty Images_journalists Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    Quality Journalism Is More Important than Ever

    Anya Schiffrin, et al. explain how policymakers can support rigorous, objective reporting, just as they provide other public goods.
  9. wei60_MANJUNATH KIRANAFP via Getty Images_india population MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images

    Is India’s Economy Overhyped?

    Shang-Jin Wei argues that the country’s rapid development, while undeniable, conceals deeper structural problems.

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.