Project Syndicate

Project Syndicate

The Global South will pay for Trump’s trade war

Many developing economies will likely begin to reconsider their participation in an unequal system that no longer serves their interests.

7m ago

The end of progress?

With the return of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, perhaps we should call the current era “end of progress.”

10m ago

Project Syndicate / Rebuilding Syria after Assad

Syrians will not miss Assad, a brutal ruler who failed his people.

11m ago

Civil war in Sudan: Global capitalism and perpetual war

The situation in Sudan exposes a global economic logic that has remained obfuscated in other cases.

1y ago

The geopolitics of Olympic medals

To be sure, economic development and demographics alone are not enough to guarantee Olympic success.

1y ago

Impunity for authoritarians fuels political violence

While the attempted assassinations of Trump and Fico have caused many liberals to tone down their rhetoric, such reactions miss the point.

1y ago

We are all biomass

We all know that we are part of nature and fully dependent on it for our survival, yet this recognition does not translate into action.

1y ago

Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves

As climate change accelerates, heat waves are expected to become increasingly frequent and intense

1y ago

The most incredible election in French history

With many losers and very few winners, it is the most astonishing election in the country’s modern history.

1y ago

The show trial of Arundhati Roy

Roy’s case risks showcasing all the most unattractive features of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

1y ago

Why Macronism Failed

Legend has it that the first question Napoleon would ask about a military officer was not whether he was talented, but whether he was lucky.

1y ago

Assange is free, but are we?

I fought for years with and for Julian Assange. In what sense are we who breathe the fresh air outside prisons still free?

1y ago

The spectre of neo-fascism is haunting Europe

If enough people despair of emancipatory politics and accept the withdrawal into buffoonery, the political space for neo-fascism widens.

1y ago

Europe must fight the far-right surge

Far-right populist parties performed exceptionally well in the European Parliament elections, finishing first in France, Italy, and three other countries.

1y ago

The Indian election’s winners and losers

Just as the BJP’s victory represents a kind of defeat, the resurgent opposition’s defeat looks a lot like victory

1y ago

How to protect the world from the next pandemic

“History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if,” warned WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier this year.

1y ago

Protests of despair

Today’s anti-war protests are but a desperate plea simply to stop the killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

1y ago

Does Pakistan still matter to India?

India could not always afford to ignore Pakistan, which was long a source of terrorism directed at India.

1y ago