Tag: Project-Syndicate

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Daily news – February 7, 2022 a.m.

AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan Buddhas and Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage. Rishika Dhumal, Vivekananda International Foundation: In Afghanistan, Buddhist cave temples are concentrated in three regions: Jalalabad (180 caves),...

Daily news – January 31, 2022 a.m.

GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Il 2022 difficile per Joe Biden. Bruce Wolpe per The Strategist: The new year is well underway for US President Joe Biden....

Daily news – January 28, 2022

GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS La sicurezza nell'Europa dell'Est (work in progress) e varie complessità: Pavel E. Felgenhauer per The Jamestown Foundation: Russia and NATO Locked in High-Risk...

Iran’s Vienna gambit (Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Project-Syndicate, The Strategist)

In a qualifying match last November for the 2022 soccer World Cup, Iran trailed Lebanon 0–1 at the end of the scheduled 90 minutes....

Whatever happened to soft power? (Joseph S. Nye, Project-Syndicate, The Strategist)

As 2021 drew to a close, Russia had massed troops near its border with Ukraine, China had flown military jets near Taiwan, North Korea...

Presidential election could put Italy’s Draghi-led recovery at risk (Paola Subacchi, Project-Syndicate, The Strategist)

As Italy scrambles to control surging Covid-19 infections—including by making vaccination compulsory for anyone over 50—cracks are appearing in the broad ruling coalition led by Prime...

Bosnia’s next crisis (Carl Bildt, Project-Syndicate, The Strategist)

The Russian threat to Ukraine isn’t the only potential crisis in Eastern Europe this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is heading for a period of...

Technology and the Global Struggle for Democracy (Manuel Muñiz, Project-Syndicate)

With many democracies reeling from the disruptive effects of new technologies, it is easy to be pessimistic about the future of political systems built...

Argentina’s COVID Miracle (Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project-Syndicate)

Unlike the United States, which could spend one-quarter of its GDP protecting its economy from the COVID-19 fallout, Argentina entered the pandemic with the...

Can US Elections Be Made Safe from Mob Violence? (Elizabeth Drew – Project Syndicate)

It has been a year since Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and the...

How Chinese Competition Helps Western Conglomerates (Dalia Marin – Project Syndicate)

Firms like GE and Siemens may well find that their decision to split their businesses into multiple companies leads to increased profits and higher...

The Real Threat to American Democracy (Michael Lind – Project Syndicate)

By fixating on the January 6 Capitol Hill riot and Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, political and media elites can conveniently...

Is Climate Finance the Next Bubble? (Arvind Subramanian, Project-Syndicate)

While the conventional wisdom is that the next financial crash will come from the collapse of the cryptocurrency bubble, climate finance may pose a...

India’s Chauvinist Crusade (Shashi Tharoor, Project-Syndicate)

For decades, India was seen as a rare democratic success story in the developing world. But, by barring NGOs, including Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of...

The Security Consequences of America’s China Focus (Minxin Pei, Project-Syndicate)

With the United States’ security strategy now dominated by the China threat, some regional powers will be tempted to engage in aggression against weaker...