Tag: Project-Syndicate

Afghanistan/West. The Wages of Defeat in Afghanistan (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

The hasty and chaotic Western retreat from Afghanistan provides several lessons. If the United States and Europe fail to heed them, the cause of...

Ecological Transition. Climate vs. Capitalism? (Jean Pisani-Ferry, Project-Syndicate)

Addressing climate change will require a massive transition from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies, as well as behavioral changes on the part of millions...

Economics. Can Economics Keep Up? (Kaushik Basu, Project-Syndicate)

As technology advances and the environment changes, some of the key assumptions underpinning mainstream economic thinking will become obsolete. To reverse the public's loss...

Electric Vehicle. The Electric Vehicle Revolution Goes Global (Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Min Zhu, Project-Syndicate)

The exponential increase in EVs suggests that they will take over the global auto market by the early 2040s. This will send oil prices...

Food Systems. The Case for a Food Systems Stability Board (Project-Syndicate)

SANDRINE DIXSON-DECLÈVE, JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO, FELIA SALIM The absence of a Food Systems Stability Board is a notable gap in the global governance architecture needed to bolster...

New Paradigms. How Paradigm Blindness Leads to Bad Policy (Project-Syndicate)

ANDREW SHENG, XIAO GENG Though we live in a highly complex, networked world, the paradigm that guides policymaking is largely linear, mechanical, and “rational.” This leaves...

Open Financial Data. The Promise of Open Financial Data (Project-Syndicate)

OLIVIA WHITE, ANU MADGAVKAR Establishing and expanding digital financial data-sharing systems presents complex technical and regulatory challenges. But secure and trusted schemes also offer a large...

Education. The Transformative Power of Early Education (Project-Syndicate)

MANOS ANTONINIS Despite the importance of a person’s early years, an estimated two in five children, mostly in low- and lower-middle-income countries, are still completely...

Global Economy. A World of Heat and Headwinds (Project-Syndicate)

MICHAEL SPENCE The outlook for the global economy has gone from hopeful to bleak in the space of just a few months, owing to the...

Russia Sanctions. The Case for Stronger Russia Sanctions (Project-Syndicate)

ANDERS ÅSLUND The claim that Western sanctions against Russia do not work or are unjustified does not hold water. Russia’s economy has been stagnant since...

Sustainable Economies. New Global Rules for a Fairer Food Future (Project-Syndicate)

GLORIA ABRAHAM PERALTA Today, governments must strive to overcome the pandemic, build more inclusive and sustainable economies, and lay the foundations for a fairer and...

Pakistan/Afghanistan/USA – The Real Failure Is Pakistan (Project-Syndicate)

BILL EMMOTT The blame for the return of the Taliban to power lies largely with Pakistan and America’s inability to bring the country onside. Even...

Food Systems – Food Systems on the Edge (Project-Syndicate)

Barbara Unmüßig Those most affected by the negative consequences of large-scale industrialized food production must play a vital part in discussing how to transform it....

Balkans – The Dangerous Balkan Standstill (Project-Syndicate)

CARL BILDT Even after a quarter-century of relative peace, the Balkans have yet to achieve the lasting stability that was hoped for when the region's...

USA – America’s Child-Tax-Credit Bonanza (Project-Syndicate)

TODD G. BUCHHOLZ, VICTORIA J. BUCHHOLZ In addition to helping millions of American households provide for their children, the monthly Child Tax Credit that went into...

USA/China – The US and China Are Not Destined for War (Project-Syndicate)

CHARLES C. KRULAK, ALEX FRIEDMAN As more commentators warn of a coming military conflict between the United States and China, it is easy to believe that...