Project Syndicate

Is Populism Being Trumped?

2016-10-18

The reactionary parochialism embraced by many voters in recent years has shaken political establishments and roiled markets. They needed it, but can policymakers build on recent signs of buyers’ remorse?

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Education Needs Social Enterprise

2016-10-18

The Platform for Education in Emergencies Response will connect college-ready Syrian refugees with refugee-ready colleges

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Leading the Middle East Into the Future

2016-10-14

To ensure the future prosperity of the Middle East, its governments and citizens must ask themselves if new technologies are being designed and adapted to meet real social needs

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The Skills Delusion

2016-10-14

Modern economies would not be possible without widespread literacy and numeracy

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Confronting the Populists

2016-09-29

In the political world, the answer is quite a lot. On the left and right – few mainstream leaders are having such a good year

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Helicopter Money Is in the Air

2016-09-23

GDP has hardly grown in the last four years, and GDP per capita is still less than it was in 2007

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Globalization for Everyone

2016-09-20

Every aspect of globalization – free trade, free movement of capital, and international migration – is under attack

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Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit

2016-09-18

Erdoğan’s government is by no means the first to compel Turkish citizens to hide their preferences and beliefs

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Obama’s Chance for Middle East Peace

2016-09-18

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the lynchpin issue that will determine whether the region’s future will be one of peace and prosperity

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Education and the Invisible Child

2016-09-18

Today’s invisible victims are refugee children holed up in tents, shacks, and hovels who will never enjoy a first day at school

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Sarkozy’s Campaign of Fear

2016-08-28

Sarkozy never really accepted his defeat. Like Germany after World War I, he instead became consumed with a desire for revenge

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Taking Turkey Seriously

2016-08-16

hroughout its history, the city on the western side of the Bosphorus Strait separating Europe from Asia has been an epicenter of the relationship between the geopolitical West and East

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The Middle East Must Lead on Refugees

2016-08-12

In the Middle East, the refugee debate is not nearly as loud, but it is no less passionate

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The World the Iraq War Made

2016-08-06

The plain purpose of the 2003 invasion was regime change

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Putting People First in Europe

2016-08-06

The best way to capitalize on the people of a country or region is through social equity

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Globalization and its New Discontents

2016-08-06

Now, globalization’s opponents in the emerging markets and developing countries have been joined by tens of millions in the advanced countries

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Why Democracy Requires Trusted Experts

2016-08-02

They say that the experts failed to foresee the financial crisis of 2008

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America’s Exploding Deficit

2016-07-25

President Barack Obama’s Office of Management and Budget announced that the federal government’s deficit this fiscal year will be about $600 billion, up by $162 billion from 2015, an increase of more than 35%

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The Global Economy’s Hesitation Blues

2016-07-23

So how does such behavior become sufficiently widespread to bring about an economic slump?

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The Strange Death of Turkish Secularism

2016-07-23

will President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continue to pursue his authoritarian path, perhaps with a vengeance, or will he reach out to his opponents and attempt to bridge the deep fissures in Turkish society?

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Trumpism: A New Era in World Politics?

2016-07-17

Donald Trump’s campaign for the American presidency also seems to draw on this understanding of democracy

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Turkey’s Baffling Coup

2016-07-17

Thanks to a series of sham trials targeting secularist officers, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had managed to reconfigure the military hierarchy and place his own people at the top

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Remaking Britain

2016-07-15

The first uncertainty is the date when exit negotiations will start

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The Silent Arab Majority Must Speak Up

2016-07-14

The situation in many Arab countries has gone from bad to worse

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