Tag: Project-Syndicate

Is Multilateralism a Fig Leaf? (Ngaire Woods, Project-Syndicate)

International organizations are currently plagued by allegations of powerful states wielding undue influence over outcomes. These include recent revelations about Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and other...

Africa Must Lead on Capital Flight (Carlos Lopes, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Project-Syndicate)

The Pandora Papers, the largest investigative effort yet to shed light on the world of offshore finance, show just how serious the challenge of illicit...

Latin America’s Monster Movie (Andrés Velasco, Project-Syndicate)

Latin Americans have many talents. One is a remarkable ability to misgovern ourselves, as the pandemic has made clear. Six of the 20 countries...

The COP26 Africa Needs (Akinwumi A. Adesina, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera Songwe, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Project-Syndicate)

Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the unequal nature of the global response to the crisis is glaringly obvious. Whereas very few African...

Climate Change Is a Health Crisis (Julia Gillard, Project-Syndicate)

The threat COVID-19 poses to human health is now well understood around the world. In contrast, the enormous health threat of global warming, with...

Will This COP Be Different? (Kenneth Rogoff, Project-Syndicate)

Limiting global warming to 1.5º Celsius remains just about attainable, but the path to this target is formidable. The United Nations climate summit now...

Glasgow, Greta, and Good Intentions (Kaushik Basu, Project-Syndicate)

Both anxiety and hope are increasing in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. There is anxiety because, barring a handful of...

The Tribalist Threat to Climate Action (Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng, Project-Syndicate)

Two global struggles – Cold War II and the fight against climate change – are colliding. By agreeing to hold a virtual summit before...

Is Climate Diplomacy Possible? (John Kampfner, Project-Syndicate)

With the United States and China at loggerheads, the grand old style of international summitry is unlikely to have a meaningful impact on the...

The G20 Family Reunion (Paola Subacchi, Project-Syndicate)

Relationships among leaders have historically been what drives progress at the G20, despite struggles to agree on specific commitments or language. But, between virtual...

The Promise of European Power (Joschka Fischer, Project-Syndicate)

While some in Europe beat the drum of “strategic autonomy” and set their sights on faraway regions, the specter of renewed nationalism and war...

A Bottom-Up Approach to Education Reform (Miroslav Beblavý, Soňa Muzikárová, Project-Syndicate)

The global economy is undergoing a digital transformation, but educational systems are lagging in providing the skills students need for the careers of the...

Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race (Jules Kortenhorst, Project-Syndicate)

For decades, spectacularly inaccurate forecasts have underestimated the potential of clean energy, buying time for the fossil-fuel industry. But as two new analyses from...

The G20’s Pandemic Wake-Up Call (Masood Ahmed, Project-Syndicate)

G20 leaders must recognize that pandemics are a national and global security threat, and expend some political capital to shift the international health-security machinery...

High Oil Prices Can Help the Environment (Jeffrey Frankel, Project-Syndicate)

As the northern winter draws closer, surging fossil-fuel prices have left many consumers worried. But there may be a silver lining in the form...

Russia’s Communist Comeback (Nina L. Khrushcheva, Project-Syndicate)

Russia's Communist Party performed strongly in last month’s parliamentary and regional elections – and would have performed better, had the vote not been (most...