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PRINCETON – No one has been more consistent in denouncing globalists and globalism than Donald Trump. Tariff may be his favorite word, but...
BOSTON – AI “agents” are coming, whether we are ready or not. While there is much uncertainty about when AI models will be able to interact...
PARIS/AMSTERDAM – For decades, the United States has enjoyed an unparalleled advantage in global finance, thanks to the dollar’s status as the...
MADISON, WISCONSIN – New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely...
WARSAW – Typically, a small anti-war demonstration would not be front-page news unless it happened somewhere like Moscow, where few dare openly to...
WASHINGTON, DC – From Elon Musk to proponents of the so-called abundance agenda, influential voices in the United States portray the state as an...
LONDON – My mother used to say of those whose rise to fame was built on bluster rather than talent: “Mark my words. It will all end in tears.”...
CAMBRIDGE – Although semiconductor chips are ubiquitous nowadays, their production is concentrated in just a few countries, and this has left the...
NEW DELHI – Last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku ended with developed countries agreeing to mobilize $300 billion...
PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose reciprocal tariffs on goods from nearly every country have set off alarm bells...
WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump has shown a callous disregard for the checks and balances that have long protected American democracy....
BARCELONA – It finally happened: Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most formidable likely challenger in...
PROVIDENCE – Twelve years ago, I published a commentary that asked: “Why is Turkey Rebelling?” Demonstrators had flooded the streets of Istanbul to...
SEOUL – US President Donald Trump has raised the specter of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options...
BERLIN – President Donald Trump’s radical changes to US foreign policy have led many to suspect that he wants to align America more with Russian...
WASHINGTON, DC – As the clock ticks down to President Donald Trump’s planned imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” on US trade partners on April...
Project Syndicate: Last year, you warned that Latin America would be the region most affected by a second Donald Trump presidency. What must Latin...
WASHINGTON, DC – At its most basic level, the goal of economic development is to eradicate poverty. By that metric, significant progress has been...
WASHINGTON, DC – Back in 2015, then-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned the Pan-African Parliament about the dangers of development assistance....
BEIJING – The world’s major growth engines are about to run in reverse. The policies and uncertainties of US President Donald Trump’s second...
CAMBRIDGE – In August 1914, Europeans saw little value in the century of peace that had followed Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. As historian...
EDINBURGH – With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has...
WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump has long been a staunch advocate of import tariffs, proudly calling himself “Tariff Man” and...
NEW YORK – The global financial system is on the brink of a transformation. As a recent Bretton Woods Committee paper points out, stablecoins –...
NEW YORK – The ten most expensive climate disasters of 2024 – the hottest year on record – cost more than $229 billion, while extreme weather...