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Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most …
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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 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.
Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front - project-syndicate.org
Oct 7, 2024 · LJUBLJANA – A twist on the title of Erich Maria Remarque’s famous 1929 novel about everyday life in the trenches of World War I seems fitting for the first anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. While the media covers each new and surprising development – the killing of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah; Israel’s invasion of ...
Internet or Splinternet? by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. - Project Syndicate
Aug 10, 2016 · The importance of the Internet – to individuals, societies, companies, and economies – cannot be overstated. But, as a recent report by the Global Commission on Internet Governance shows, it is at risk of costly fragmentation, as national governments establish control over the parts of it within their borders.
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 ...
The World and the UN Must Reduce Population Growth - Project …
Sep 10, 2019 · GOTHENBURG/LONDON – On September 24-25, world leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York to review progress toward the UN’s 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.The SDGs, which aim “to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all,” are commendable, and summarize the …
The World’s Stake in American Democracy - Project Syndicate
Jan 24, 2023 · NEW YORK – For more than three-quarters of a century, the United States has played an outsized, constructive role in the world. To be sure, there have been major errors, including the Vietnam War and the 2003 Iraq War, but the US got it right far more often than not.
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 ...