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343 commentaries, Updated on 12 Dec 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. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  2. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  3. Samia Suluhu Hassan What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda
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76 commentaries, Updated on 2 Dec 2024

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

  1. Daoud Kuttab Trump’s Middle East Challenge
  2. Richard Haass A New Chance for the Middle East
  3. Barak Barfi Trumpian Turmoil Is Coming to the Middle East
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132 commentaries, Updated on 11 Dec 2024

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

  1. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  2. Bartosz M. Rydliński Democracy Needs Workers
  3. Jan-Werner Mueller When the Left Goes Far Right
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147 commentaries, Updated on 11 Dec 2024

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

  1. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President
  2. María Fernanda Espinosa Did COP29 Fail Women?
  3. Xianghong Wang The Second Glass Ceiling for Women
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37 commentaries, Updated on 4 Dec 2024

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

  1. Andrew Gallucci The Dollar Diplomacy We Need
  2. Paul Ryan Stablecoins Can Defend the Dollar’s Global Status
  3. Christian Catalini, et al. Crypto Policy Needs to Empower Builders, Not Speculators
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102 commentaries, Updated on 20 Nov 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. Ricardo Hausmann A Better Approach to Climate Finance
  2. Liane Schalatek Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?
  3. Ana Palacio COP29 Must Deliver the Goods
Putin's War on Ukraine

474 commentaries, Updated on 3 Dec 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. Nina L. Khrushcheva Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?
  2. Simon Johnson, et al. Trump Can Win Against China – in Ukraine
  3. Tatyana Deryugina, et al. Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine
The Light Bulb

61 commentaries, Updated on 5 Aug 2024

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

  1. Mariana Mazzucato Collective Intelligence and the Common Good
  2. James Livingston Two Cheers for Identity Politics
  3. Mariana Mazzucato The Economics of Health for All
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57 commentaries, Updated on 26 Nov 2024

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

  1. Christy Hoffman Amazon Is Busting Democracy, Not Just Unions
  2. Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, et al. Belarus in the Dock
  3. Mariana Chilton The Destructive Legacy of Mass Starvation
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126 commentaries, Updated on 12 Dec 2024

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

  1. Justina Nixon-Saintil Closing the AI Skills Gap in 2025
  2. Cina Lawson The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa
  3. Dambisa Moyo The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025
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277 commentaries, Updated on 11 Dec 2024

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

  1. Antara Haldar Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law
  2. Barak Barfi Syria’s House of Cards
  3. Aziz Huq South Korea’s Impeachment Battle Is Democracy in Action
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138 commentaries, Updated on 16 Oct 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. Katrin Kivi The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger
  2. Geoff Mulgan The Right to Truth
  3. Nishant Lalwani, et al. As Disinformation Thrives, Democracy Dies
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    Closing the AI Skills Gap in 2025

    Justina Nixon-Saintil explains what can be done to equip the workforce for an era of rapid technological change.
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    Investing in Global Health Enhances US National Security

    Walter O. Ochieng & Tom Achoki urge the incoming Trump administration to build on the success of Operation Warp Speed.
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    The Scramble for Syria

    Carla Norrlöf

    The United States and its allies have a unique opportunity to help Syria finally move away from foreign-sponsored proxy wars and toward a more balanced regional alignment. Engagement with Syria's new leadership offers leverage, whereas confrontation will merely perpetuate the old cycle of bloodshed.

    explains how America and its allies should respond to the demise of the country's longstanding dictatorship.
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    The Bank of Korea Moves Beyond Monetary Policy

    Soohyung Lee highlights the efforts of central bankers to address structural challenges such as skyrocketing housing costs.
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    The AI Revolution Is at Home in Africa

    Cina Lawson explains how developing economies can use emerging technologies to improve a wide range of public services.
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    Three Cheers for Namibia’s First Female President

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf explains why Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s electoral victory is a defining moment for women’s leadership in Africa.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Backfire

    Takatoshi Ito warns that the US president-elect's plans will increase America's trade deficit and alienate its allies.
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    Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law

    Antara Haldar considers whether a defining component of American democracy has been lost for good.
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    Rebuilding Syria After Assad

    Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen say that Syrians themselves must do the hard work, but multilateral assistance has an important role to play.

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