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By Project Syndicate - Jan 29,2022
By Alexander Stubb and Fabrizio TassinariFLORENCE — Two years ago this month, Italy reported its initial cases of COVID-19. The country was the first in Europe to be hit by the coronavirus, and it offered examples of both the best and the worst of the epidemic.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 24,2022
By Willem H. Buiter and Anne C. SibertNEW YORK — In a recent commentary, Joseph E. Stiglitz describes Argentina’s recovery in 2021 as a “COVID Miracle”.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 19,2022
By Masatsugu Asakawa, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, and Carlos Dominguez JAKARTA/MANILA — World leaders came together in Glasgow last November to map out a path to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 17,2022
By Kristalina Georgieva and Félix TshisekediKINSHASA — Africa contributes almost nothing to global warming.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 15,2022
By Robert Muggah and Carlo RattiRIO DE JANEIRO — With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 11,2022
By Kofi Boa and Roger ThurowNKAWIE-TOASE, GHANA/AUBURN, ALABAMA — At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) last November, world leaders pledged billions of dollars to sustainable farming and agricultural research.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 10,2022
By Gordon Brown and Martin GriffithsEDINBURGH/GENEVA — It is now more than four months since the dramatic exit of US and other Western forces from Afghanistan.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 04,2022
By Robert Williams and Moritz RudolfNEW HAVEN — European countries are currently divided over whether to join US President Joe Biden’s diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
By Project Syndicate - Jan 03,2022
By Simon Johnson and Larissa J. LucasWASHINGTON, DC — After a two-year pandemic, with the Omicron variant raging and uncertainty ahead, there is an understandable desire to blame someone for the appalling death toll from COVID-19.
By Project Syndicate - Dec 22,2021
By John W.H. Denton, Victor K. Fung,Bob Sternfels and Marcus WallenbergPARIS — Goods and services move around the world via critical infrastructure: roads, ports, rail networks, shipping routes and data servers.