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As Asian, African powers offer mediation in Ukraine war, Western war makers reject peacemaking
By Michael Jansen - May 24, 2023 - Last updated at May 24, 2023 22:35
While UN and relief agencies and partisan groups dispute fatalities in the wider region's recent wars, the Costs of War Project at the Watso ...
America’s wars and the US debt crisis
By Jeffrey D. Sachs - May 24, 2023 - Last updated at May 24, 2023 22:34
In the year 2000, the US government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). ...
A world of debt
By Anne O. Krueger - May 24, 2023 - Last updated at May 24, 2023 21:55
WASHINGTON, DC — Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. ...
China and India have fewer people than the UN thinks
By Yi Fuxian - May 23, 2023 - Last updated at May 23, 2023 22:21
MADISON, WISCONSIN — In April, the United Nations estimated that India had overtaken China as the world’s most populous country. ...
Why US Democrats are growingly challenging Israel
By Ramzy Baroud - May 23, 2023 - Last updated at May 23, 2023 22:20
Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed “unbreakable bond” with Tel Aviv ...
The high stakes of NATO's Vilnius summit
By Carl Bildt - May 22, 2023 - Last updated at May 22, 2023 22:28
STOCKHOLM — With NATO’s mid-July summit in Vilnius fast approaching, the question on everyone’s mind is how to avoid another debacle concern ...
Who's afraid of central bank digital currencies?
By Yanis Varoufakis - May 22, 2023 - Last updated at May 22, 2023 22:28
ATHENS — When First Republic Bank failed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation organised a shotgun sale of its assets to JPMorgan Chase ...
Walking our talk on climate action
By William Ruto - May 21, 2023 - Last updated at May 21, 2023 22:21
NAIROBI — Last year in Berlin, the great Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge broke the world marathon record, clocking 02:01:09 and b ...
Simon Johnson on stablecoins, artificial intelligence, inequality, and more
By Simon Johnson - May 21, 2023 - Last updated at May 21, 2023 22:20
Simon Johnson Says More… Project Syndicate (PS): Last November, you defended Gary Gensler, the chair of the US Securities and Exchange ...
Will Europe be the world's biggest loser?
By Joschka Fischer - May 21, 2023 - Last updated at May 21, 2023 22:20
BERLIN — The post-1945 era of global stability is over and gone. ...

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