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By Project Syndicate - Sep 20,2021
By Christiana Figueres, Håvard Halland, and Knut Anton MorkBRUSSELS — Recent developments in Norway could have momentous implications for climate-related commitments at the UN climate-change conference (COP26) in Glasgow this November.In August, a government-appointed commit
By Project Syndicate - Sep 14,2021
By Karl Schmedders and Rick van der PloegLAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — In a recent commentary, John H. Cochrane, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, argues that “climate financial risk” is a fallacy.
By Project Syndicate - Sep 13,2021
By Laura Tyson, Lenny MendoncaBERKELEY — Economists across the political spectrum have long advocated an increase in infrastructure investment in the United States.
By Project Syndicate - Sep 13,2021
By Jayati Ghosh and Farwa SialNEW DELHI — The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that is meant to help the world’s poorest countries.
By Project Syndicate - Sep 08,2021
By Dmitri Trenin, Vygaudas Ušackas, and Graham StaceyMOSCOW — Since the Ukraine conflict in 2014, clashing worldviews have become deeply ingrained among NATO and Russian policymakers, and distrust is the default mindset.
By Project Syndicate - Sep 04,2021
By Kate Mackintosh, Jojo Mehta, and Richard RogersLOS ANGELES — As floods, wildfires, record-high temperatures, and zoonotic disease make the climate and ecological crisis impossible to ignore, the world may be moving closer to agreeing that serious damage to our natural env
By Project Syndicate - Aug 30,2021
By Olivia White and Anu MadgavkarSAN FRANCISCO — From Australia and Brazil to Nigeria and the United States, countries are putting in place new guidelines and regulations governing the digital sharing of financial data.
By Project Syndicate - Aug 28,2021
By Sandrine Dixson-Declève, José Antonio Ocampo, and Felia SalimLONDON — The COVID-19 pandemic, rising rates of global poverty and inequality, persistent conflict and the escalating climate and biodiversity crises are shocks and stresses that together contribute to increasing hun
By Project Syndicate - Aug 18,2021
By Charles C. Krulak and Alex FriedmanBIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — In the year 2034, the United States and China become embroiled in a series of military conflicts that escalate into a devastating tactical nuclear war. Other countries, including Russia, Iran and India, get involved.
By Project Syndicate - Aug 16,2021
By Hoe Ee Khor and Suan Yong FooSINGAPORE — Heightened US-China tensions have raised the prospect of a deep global technology divide, potentially forcing other countries to choose which camp to join.

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