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50 commentaries, Updated on Mar 31, 2026

PS commentaries on the 2026 conflict in Iran.

  1. Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik International Law Is Still Worth Defending
  2. Mohamed A. El-Erian America Should Beware of Economic Hubris
  3. Mohammed Al Dhaheri Why Iran’s Escalation Strategy Is Likely to Backfire
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12 commentaries, Updated on Mar 30, 2026

PS commentators consider how to leverage the EU’s strengths to build a more dynamic and resilient economy.

  1. Lucrezia Reichlin Remaking Europe’s Energy System for the Age of AI
  2. Marco Buti, et al. Europe’s “Limited Responsibility” Model Must Go
  3. Catherine Wolfram Europe Must Not Abandon Its Climate Ambitions
Sunrise Johannesburg Africa BFG Images/Getty Images

413 commentaries, Updated on Mar 30, 2026

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Adekeye Adebajo The Scars in Africa-Europe Relations
  2. Elias Kagumya Africa Is Forging Its Own Green Future
  3. Martha Bekele Africa Isn’t the World’s “Climate Solution”
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273 commentaries, Updated on Mar 30, 2026

PS commentators consider how to seize the opportunities and mitigate the risks created by artificial intelligence.

  1. Lucrezia Reichlin Remaking Europe’s Energy System for the Age of AI
  2. S. Alex Yang, et al. The Rise of the Chinese Platform State
  3. Michael R. Strain How Much AI-Driven Productivity Growth Do We Want?
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156 commentaries, Updated on Feb 19, 2026

As former Irish President Mary Robinson and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu pointed out nearly a decade ago, “climate change is a matter of ju…

  1. Nadia Calviño Superpower Europe
  2. Marc Canal Noguer, et al. A Path to Universal Prosperity by 2100
  3. Hippolyte Fofack Stifling the “Spirit of Dialogue” at Davos
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163 commentaries, Updated on Mar 25, 2026

A selection of insightful commentaries written by female contributors on issues affecting women and girls.

  1. Khiara M. Bridges US-Style Health Care Is Wrong for the UK
  2. Laura Juárez, et al. The Hidden Economic Costs of Menopause
  3. Indermit Gill, et al. The Economic Magic of Equal Opportunities for Women
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112 commentaries, Updated on Mar 30, 2026

Activists, campaigners, and other experts consider how to support freedom, justice, and human dignity globally.

  1. Adekeye Adebajo The Scars in Africa-Europe Relations
  2. Kevin Hyland Epstein and the Globalization of Criminal Exploitation
  3. Gordon Brown Afghan Women, Too
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466 commentaries, Updated on Mar 31, 2026

Project Syndicate commentaries on the growing threats to liberal democracy, open societies, and the rule of law around the world.

  1. Ákos Tóth Independent Journalism Finds a Way
  2. Jorge G. Castañeda What Is America’s Goal in Cuba?
  3. Marc Faddoul Who’s Whispering in Your Chatbot’s Ear?
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156 commentaries, Updated on Feb 13, 2026

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. Anya Schiffrin, et al. Europe Must Make AI Firms Pay for Training Data
  2. Carla Norrlöf Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight
  3. Charles Ferguson The AI Takeover of All Media Is Coming
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65 commentaries, Updated on Mar 13, 2026

In Finance of the Future, Project Syndicate, with support from Circle, brings together leading experts, innovators, regulators, and more to examine th…

  1. Neha Narula Is the Stablecoin Economy Structurally Sound?
  2. Kenneth Rogoff Should Central Banks Hold Bitcoin Reserves?
  3. Eduardo Levy Yeyati Stablecoins Are Raising New Risks for Emerging Markets
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20 commentaries, Updated on Mar 25, 2026

PS commentaries on the implications of the Trump administration's military operation in the country.

  1. Andrés Velasco The Wrong Choice in Cuba
  2. Ricardo Hausmann Venezuelan Democracy Needs Action, Not Cheap Talk
  3. Harold Hongju Koh Trump’s Waterloo?
Image for The Israel-Hamas War Mohammed Dahman/Getty Images.

101 commentaries, Updated on Dec 15, 2025

Project Syndicate commentaries on the conflict in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.

  1. Vali Nasr Israel Unbound
  2. Yvette Cooper Building Peace Together
  3. Yanis Varoufakis The Judge at the End of Europe

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