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Donald Trump Is a Globalist

Donald Trump Is a Globalist

PRINCETON – No one has been more consistent in denouncing globalists and globalism than Donald Trump. Tariff may be his favorite word, but...

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Harold James

Two Models for Agentic AI

Two Models for Agentic AI

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...

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Daron Acemoglu

Will the World Keep Buying US Treasuries?

Will the World Keep Buying US Treasuries?

PARIS/AMSTERDAM – For decades, the United States has enjoyed an unparalleled advantage in global finance, thanks to the dollar’s status as the...

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Paola Subacchi

Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

MADISON, WISCONSIN – New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely...

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Yi Fuxian

Israel Must Not Ignore the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza

Israel Must Not Ignore the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza

WARSAW – Typically, a small anti-war demonstration would not be front-page news unless it happened somewhere like Moscow, where few dare openly to...

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Konstanty Gebert

Getting Abundance Right

Getting Abundance Right

WASHINGTON, DC – From Elon Musk to proponents of the so-called abundance agenda, influential voices in the United States portray the state as an...

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Sandeep Vaheesan

How Trumpism Ends

How Trumpism Ends

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.”...

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Chris Patten

America’s Many Chip Vulnerabilities

America’s Many Chip Vulnerabilities

CAMBRIDGE – Although semiconductor chips are ubiquitous nowadays, their production is concentrated in just a few countries, and this has left the...

thursday 5

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Edoardo Campanella

Can COP30 Succeed Where COP29 Failed?

Can COP30 Succeed Where COP29 Failed?

NEW DELHI – Last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku ended with developed countries agreeing to mobilize $300 billion...

thursday 4

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Developing Countries Need a New Strategy

Developing Countries Need a New Strategy

PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose reciprocal tariffs on goods from nearly every country have set off alarm bells...

thursday 3

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Rabah Arezki

How the World Can Keep Trump 2.0 in Check

How the World Can Keep Trump 2.0 in Check

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump has shown a callous disregard for the checks and balances that have long protected American democracy....

thursday 3

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Inside Turkey’s Executive Coup

Inside Turkey’s Executive Coup

BARCELONA – It finally happened: Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most formidable likely challenger in...

thursday 3

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Umut Özkirimli

Authoritarianism Is Turkey’s Biggest Economic Risk

Authoritarianism Is Turkey’s Biggest Economic Risk

PROVIDENCE – Twelve years ago, I published a commentary that asked: “Why is Turkey Rebelling?” Demonstrators had flooded the streets of Istanbul to...

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Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan

Asia Must Unite to Survive Trump 2.0

Asia Must Unite to Survive Trump 2.0

SEOUL – US President Donald Trump has raised the specter of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options...

26.03.2025 2

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Lee Jong-Wha

Europe and the Next World Order

Europe and the Next World Order

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...

26.03.2025 6

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Sigmar Gabriel

Europe’s Security Depends on a European Energy Union

Europe’s Security Depends on a European Energy Union
26.03.2025 2

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Ana Palacio

What Trump’s Tariff Critics Are Getting Wrong

What Trump’s Tariff Critics Are Getting Wrong

WASHINGTON, DC – As the clock ticks down to President Donald Trump’s planned imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” on US trade partners on April...

26.03.2025 2

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Lori Wallach

Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

Project Syndicate: Last year, you warned that Latin America would be the region most affected by a second Donald Trump presidency. What must Latin...

25.03.2025 4

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Jorge Heine

Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

WASHINGTON, DC – At its most basic level, the goal of economic development is to eradicate poverty. By that metric, significant progress has been...

25.03.2025 2

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Wolfgang Fengler

Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

WASHINGTON, DC – Back in 2015, then-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned the Pan-African Parliament about the dangers of development assistance....

25.03.2025 2

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Hippolyte Fofack

A World Turned Inside Out

A World Turned Inside Out

BEIJING – The world’s major growth engines are about to run in reverse. The policies and uncertainties of US President Donald Trump’s second...

25.03.2025 8

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Stephen S. Roach

Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

CAMBRIDGE – In August 1914, Europeans saw little value in the century of peace that had followed Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. As historian...

25.03.2025 3

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Ricardo Hausmann

The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

EDINBURGH – With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has...

24.03.2025 20

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Gordon Brown

Tariff Man Doubles Down

Tariff Man Doubles Down

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump has long been a staunch advocate of import tariffs, proudly calling himself “Tariff Man” and...

24.03.2025 2

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Anne O. Krueger

The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

NEW YORK – The global financial system is on the brink of a transformation. As a recent Bretton Woods Committee paper points out, stablecoins –...

24.03.2025 2

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Bill Dudley

Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

NEW YORK – The ten most expensive climate disasters of 2024 – the hottest year on record – cost more than $229 billion, while extreme weather...

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Julie Mccarthy