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Get to grips with President Trump; Project Syndicate has published more than 100 articles exploring the implications of his presidency for politics, the economy, and world peace and security. They are all here:

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  1. The Disunited States of American Gun Control
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    The Disunited States of American Gun Control

    Oct 6, 2017 Jeffrey D. Sachs doubts the federal government will ban assault weapons anytime soon – and says it's time to look elsewhere.

  2. Trump’s UN Hypocrisy
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    Trump’s UN Hypocrisy

    Sep 28, 2017 Christopher R. Hill argues that US leaders cannot fault the United Nations without faulting themselves.

  3. The Return of the Madman Theory
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    The Return of the Madman Theory

    Sep 25, 2017 Nina L. Khrushcheva worries that the US president's erratic behavior vis-à-vis North Korea is not an act.

  4. Trump’s Bigger Russia Problem
    Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrested Kirill Kudryavtsev/Getty Images

    Trump’s Bigger Russia Problem

    Sep 21, 2017 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Nina Jankowicz explain why the US administration's should do more to support Russia's anti-Putin dissidents.

  5. Saving the Iran Nuclear Deal
    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

    Saving the Iran Nuclear Deal

    Sep 20, 2017 Ana Palacio urges the EU to pre-empt the potentially devastating consequences of US efforts to kill the JCPOA.

  6. A New Trump?
    Donald Trump walks out of St John's Epicopal Church i Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images

    A New Trump?

    Sep 15, 2017 Elizabeth Drew pours cold water on heated speculation that the White House is finally getting its act together.

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    What the G20 Can Do for Green Growth

    Mariana Mazzucato & Vera Songwe explain how the world’s premier economic grouping can keep global climate targets on track.
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    An Israeli Victory May Not Bring Peace

    Carl Bildt sees the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War as a cautionary tale for the current conflict.
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    Fixing Africa’s Governance Crisis Must Come First

    Kingsley Moghalu foresees home-grown educational institutions equipping the continent’s leaders with public-policy skills.
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    The Key to Unlocking the Benefits of Trade

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & Makhtar Diop

    The finance underpinning supply chains is crucial, but too many small businesses in emerging and developing economies cannot access it, cutting them off from the benefits of global trade. Plucking this relatively low-hanging fruit can drive progress toward many development goals at once.

     show how a lack of supply-chain finance keeps many businesses and economies on the sidelines.
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    What Causes Prosperity?

    Jeffrey Frankel shows how this year's Nobel Prize-winning economists tackled a once-insoluble problem.
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    Ukraine’s Post-Colonial Future

    Michael Ignatieff believes that what is at stake in the war with Russia is the fate of the last European imperialism.
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    Donald Trump’s Tariffs Would Hurt US Workers and Businesses

    Maurice Obstfeld shows why targeting an overall reduction in imports would reduce America’s real wages and national income.
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    Africa’s Green Future Starts with Debt Relief

    Bogolo Kenewendo & Patrick Njoroge propose large-scale relief to ensure that the continent’s countries can invest in climate action.
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    Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more

    Diane Coyle advocates a new public philosophy that rejects viewing “government” and “market” as opposites, explains why time-use data must shape technological development, warns that policymakers are devising AI regulation in a thick conceptual fog, and more.

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