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What Developing Countries Need to Reach Net Zero (V. Shankar, Project-Syndicate)

One-size-fits-all policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions will not work. Unless developed countries recognize the challenges confronting developing and emerging economies and take appropriate steps...

Saving Taiwan (Brahma Chellaney, Project-Syndicate)

Chinese President Xi Jinping seems eager for Taiwan to go the way of once-autonomous Tibet, which was gobbled up by Mao Zedong’s regime in...

The Pandora Papers and the Threat to Democracy (Katharina Pistor, Project-Syndicate)

In demonstrating how some of the world’s most powerful people hide their wealth, the Pandora Papers have exposed the details of a global system...

The Metamorphosis of Growth Policy (Dani Rodrik, Project-Syndicate)

Industrialization has been essential to reducing poverty historically. But today’s global and technological context implies that economic growth in developing countries is now possible...

Bolstering Indonesia–Australia economic dialogue (Eko NM Saputro, East Asia Forum)

The 2018 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between Indonesia and Australia expressed a shared commitment to improving bilateral relations. Indonesia and Australia have attempted to...

Beijing’s creative compliance and non-compliance in the South China Sea (Sourabh Gupta, East Asia Forum)

The landmark Philippines v China ruling marked its fifth anniversary on 12 July 2021. In its decision, the arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the...

Worsening global digital divide as the US and China continue zero-sum competitions (Cheng Li, Brookings)

The COVID-19 crisis has interrupted daily life and business routines across the world, caused a massive loss of millions of lives, and exacerbated economic...

How COVID-19 policy responses differed in Central Europe (Leonardo Iacovone, Natasha Kapil, Lukasz Marek Marc, Giovanna Marcolongo, Ilias Skamnelos, and Gallina A. Vincelette, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic touched most businesses across Central Europe, but some were affected more than others. Countries implemented diverse policies to alleviate the shock...

How does student-teacher matching affect suspensions for students of color? (Travis J. Bristol, Matthew Shirrell, and Tolani Britton, Brookings)

Persistent inequities by race and ethnicity in school discipline continue to circumscribe the educational experiences of students of color. Latino and Black students are...

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