Project Syndicate

Project Syndicate

The Global South will pay for Trump’s trade war

Many developing economies will likely begin to reconsider their participation in an unequal system that no longer serves their interests.

1w ago

The end of progress?

With the return of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, perhaps we should call the current era “end of progress.”

2m ago

Project Syndicate / Rebuilding Syria after Assad

Syrians will not miss Assad, a brutal ruler who failed his people.

4m ago

Civil war in Sudan: Global capitalism and perpetual war

The situation in Sudan exposes a global economic logic that has remained obfuscated in other cases.

7m ago

The geopolitics of Olympic medals

To be sure, economic development and demographics alone are not enough to guarantee Olympic success.

8m ago

Impunity for authoritarians fuels political violence

While the attempted assassinations of Trump and Fico have caused many liberals to tone down their rhetoric, such reactions miss the point.

9m ago

We are all biomass

We all know that we are part of nature and fully dependent on it for our survival, yet this recognition does not translate into action.

9m ago

Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves

As climate change accelerates, heat waves are expected to become increasingly frequent and intense

9m ago

Nato is not a hegemonic burden

Why is US paying twice as much as the average Nato ally when it is geographically removed from all major conflict zones?

1y ago

Indian democracy’s moment of truth

Once admired for its commitment to pluralism, India no longer stands out as a model democracy.

1y ago

What fundamentalist Christians see in Trump

Now that Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, it seems fitting to address a source of perplexity that has persisted ever since he arrived on the political scene: how can the US’ fundamentalist Christians be so enthusiastic about so thoroughly un-Christian a politician?

1y ago

Economics is irredeemably sexist

Economics has an intractable “women problem.”

1y ago

Why China won’t fight the Houthis

The current turmoil in the Middle East is not bad news for China.

1y ago

Judgment days for democracy

To survive this period of populist assaults on the democratic order, courts will need to embrace their proper role as arbiters of justice.

1y ago

The Trump Effect Takes Europe

Perhaps Trump’s biggest contribution has been to Europe’s political unity.

1y ago

‘Russia has my blood’

Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

1y ago

No one wins in a lose-lose world

Rather than working together to address urgent challenges, the international community is now gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction.

1y ago

Will 2024 Be the New 1933?

Just imagine the world a year from now, with disinformation having taken down democratic majorities around the world.

1y ago