Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, ...

Nina L. Khrushcheva traces the grim history of territorial divisions like the one that Donald Trump seems to be envisioning.

Populists succeed by appealing to voters’ deep-seated sensibilities, by connecting to people’s identities (and perceived ...

Over time, as American democracy has increasingly fallen short of delivering on its core promises, the Democratic Party has contributed to the problem by catering to a narrow, privileged elite. To ...

Yanis Varoufakis shows why the incoming US administration can’t eliminate the negative balance – and wouldn’t even if it ...

Daoud Kuttab highlights the changes in the region that will complicate the US president-elect's peacemaking efforts.

Kevin Watkins thinks the fate of the 2030 targets hinges on the next International Development Association replenishment.

S. Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang worry that in its bid to outcompete China, the US risks stifling its own potential for ...

Peter G. Kirchschläger urges countries to emulate Australia and bar young people from addictive online platforms.

Bartosz M. Rydliński urges center-left parties in the West to reconnect with voters who increasingly support far-right ...

Daron Acemoglu fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.

Stuart Whatley is Senior Editor at Project Syndicate and co-author, with Nicholas Agar and Dan Weijers, of How to Think about Progress: A Skeptic's Guide to Technology (Springer Cham, 2024).