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Human Progress in the Trump Era Human Progress in the Trump Era. Nov 21, 2024 Tawakkol Karman , et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.. Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy
European Colonialism in Africa Is Alive - Project Syndicate
Jul 30, 2021 · PROVIDENCE/LONDON – Last year, as the Black Lives Matter movement was intensifying across the United States following Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd, Europe was facing its own battles over racial justice.
The Legacy of Henry Kissinger - Project Syndicate
Nov 30, 2023 · The passing of America’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of …
Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
Sep 21, 2022 · In East Africa, a devastating four-year drought has destroyed millions of livelihoods and left more than 20 million people at risk of starvation. In Pakistan, recent flooding has submerged one-third of the country, killing at least 1,500 people so far and wiping out 45% of this year’s crops. In China, an unprecedented heatwave has caused acute water shortages in regions that account for one ...
Economics & Finance - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate - The World’s Opinion Page. Ricardo Hausmann. By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
Why Trump Can’t Win by Reed Galen - Project Syndicate
Mar 6, 2024 · WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump was the unlikeliest of American presidents. When he launched his campaign in 2016, the closest he had come to executive authority was pretending to fire contestants on a business-themed reality show.
What Caused the Ukraine War? - Project Syndicate
Oct 4, 2022 · CAMBRIDGE – Russia’s war in Ukraine is the most disruptive conflict that Europe has seen since 1945. While many in the West see a war of choice by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he says that NATO’s 2008 decision in favor of eventual Ukrainian membership brought an existential threat to Russia’s borders, and still others trace the conflict back to the Cold War’s end and the failure ...
Slavoj Žižek - Project Syndicate
Slavoj Žižek, Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School, is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and the author, most recently, of Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024).
The Myth of Welfare Dependency - Project Syndicate
Aug 9, 2019 · In most countries, rich and poor people alike worry that social programs for low-income households end up weakening work incentives and create an underclass of indigents.
The US-China Trade War Heats Up - Project Syndicate
May 24, 2024 · In a sharp escalation of a trade war that began with his predecessor Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden’s administration recently unveiled a new set of tariffs on Chinese goods, including a quadrupling of the tariff on electric vehicles (EVs) that brings the rate to 100%. It did not take long for China to retaliate by launching an anti-dumping probe into chemical imports from the United ...