Project Syndicate

Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough

2017-10-28

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did

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The Two Backlashes against Globalization

2017-10-12

Nowadays globalization is inescapable

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Five Steps to Peace in Myanmar

2017-10-10

a resolution remains possible to achieve it five steps must be taken without delay

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Europe’s Future After Germany’s Election

2017-10-03

The election upended a governing coalition that had avoided desperately needed reforms for too long

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Is Violence the Way to Fight Racism?

2017-09-19

Antifa activists who see violence as the answer to the far right draw parallels with the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s

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The Middle East’s Next War

2017-07-27

US may be the most significant contributor to todays regional turmoil

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The Quiet Demise of Austerity

2017-07-19

There is no mistaking which side won and why. Austerity is dead

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The Iran Paradox

2017-07-16

The Islamic Republic of Iran is both a historical relic and a contemporary dynamo

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ISIS After Mosul

2017-07-15

ISIS relies on its ability to attract young people to join its ranks, by offering frustrated individuals an ideologically charged sense of purpose

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Putin and Trump’s Tainted Love

2017-07-10

Trump expressed his admiration for Putin well before the election, and, it seems, fantasized about meeting him

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Trump and the Truth About Climate Change

2017-07-04

Trump claims that is difficult to justify. On the contrary, the Paris accord is very good for America

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How to Prevent the UK’s Self-Destruction

2017-06-14

After the “Leave” camp won the referendum, the Conservative Party, split over withdrawal from the EU

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Qatar’s Wait-And-See Strategy

2017-06-10

Tainting Qatar as a regional pariah is unlikely to change its calculus

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The Rouhani Factor

2017-05-24

Election became a heated contest as the conservatives coalesced around a dark horse candidate Ebrahim Raisi

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Could the Iranian Economy Sink Rouhani?

2017-05-18

Iran was suffering from 35% inflation, the national currency had depreciated by two-thirds in the previous year, and international sanctions were crippling the economy

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Reprieve or Reform in Europe?

2017-05-04

The pro-EU Macron seemingly headed toward the Élysée Palace – the establishment candidates on the right and the left who lost in the first round have already endorsed him – the immediate threat to the EU and the eurozone seems to have subsided

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Lessons from the Anti-Globalists

2017-05-04

protectionists and advocates of “illiberal democracy” are on the rise in many other countries

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Will London Survive Brexit?

2017-04-25

Rival European centers have spotted an opportunity to claw some of this business back to the continent

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A Bridge to Universal Education

2017-04-24

Bold plan by IFFEd to ensure that all of the world’s 1.6 billion boys and girls are in school and learning

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Europe’s Reform Opportunity

2017-04-10

policymakers will need to acknowledge that they still lack effective policy-coordination tools

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Growing Out of Populism?

2017-04-05

Although US growth is very strong, Europe has been outperforming expectations by more

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