Project Syndicate
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.
The geopolitics of Olympic medals
To be sure, economic development and demographics alone are not enough to guarantee Olympic success.
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.
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.
Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves
As climate change accelerates, heat waves are expected to become increasingly frequent and intense
The most incredible election in French history
With many losers and very few winners, it is the most astonishing election in the country’s modern history.
The show trial of Arundhati Roy
Roy’s case risks showcasing all the most unattractive features of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Why Macronism Failed
Legend has it that the first question Napoleon would ask about a military officer was not whether he was talented, but whether he was lucky.
Xi Jinping’s Idea of World Order
While the United States is betting on a polarised world, China is doing everything it can to advance a more fragmented one.
AI and the Global South
Unprecedentedly powerful predictive tools will strengthen authoritarian regimes’ surveillance capacity.
Who stands for freedom?
We desperately need free markets, but that means, above all, markets that are free from the stranglehold of monopoly and monopsony.
A Farewell to Russia
Russia is special, but mainly in the sense that it is uniquely capable of destroying, in a matter of days, what took centuries to build.
The Dark Side of Neutrality
Those who would claim neutrality forfeit their standing to complain about the horrors of colonisation anywhere.
India’s Thin-Skinned Leaders
Narendra Modi’s government has long been overly sensitive to world opinion
A blueprint from India for women's economic empowerment
The extraordinary success of women’s self-help groups in India represents one of the best-case outcomes.
Shashi Tharoor on India-Russia relations, the Quad, Ambedkar, and more
Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, and an MP for the Indian National Congress, discusses his most recent book, India’s foreign policy, and India’s majoritarian turn in an interview with Project Syndicate.
The Age of Verbiage
One cannot deny the fact that there are too many overconfident experts making too many predictions about too many issues too quickly these days. A basic economic principle is useful here: the 24-hour news cycle has created a huge need for expert opinion, and the market has simply created the supply to meet the growing demand.