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JUNE 21, 2020
This week at Project Syndicate, Anne Case and Angus Deaton predict that, between rising "deaths of despair" among working-class whites and higher COVID-19 mortality rates among African-Americans, the stunning secular decline in US life expectancy will continue; Yanghee Lee warns that, unless the UN steps in, Hong Kong could well become Tiananmen 2.0; Richard N. Haass notes that what little attention Donald Trump's administration is devoting to the rest of the world is mostly the wrong kind; and more. Join the conversation.

Economics & Finance

United States of Despair


Anne Case and Angus Deaton show that the COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate pre-existing inequalities, but not always how one might expect.

Politics & World Affairs

Will Hong Kong Be Tiananmen 2.0?


Yanghee Lee urges the United Nations to protect the territory's people from China's proposed security law.
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Politics & World Affairs

The World Waits for No Country


Richard N. Haass laments the absence of US leadership at a time when serious regional and global problems are worsening.

Politics & World Affairs

Boris Johnson’s New-Model Colonial Policy


Arkebe Oqubay condemns the British prime minister's decision to subsume the UK's development agency into the foreign office.
Hard Data for Hard Choices

On Point

Hard Data for Hard Choices


Alison Fahey, Nathanael Goldberg, and Dean Karlan describe evidence-based strategies to help those most at risk from COVID-19 and its economic fallout.

Politics & World Affairs

The Messiah of Mar-a-Lago


Shlomo Ben-Ami warns that another four years of Donald Trump could render his toxic legacy irreversible.

Politics & World Affairs

Firm Priorities for Fragile States


David Cameron, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Donald P. Kaberuka call the world's attention to the pandemic's next hotspots, and propose measures to mitigate the impact.
Who Can Check China?

Big Picture

Who Can Check China?


PS commentators assess how other leading powers should respond to China’s increasing geopolitical assertiveness.

Politics & World Affairs

How Europe Can Live with China


Carl Bildt expects the European Union to embrace a more realistic but still nuanced strategy that departs from America's.

Economics & Finance

What’s in a Recession?


Jeffrey Frankel defends the flexible but expert-driven approach to marking the US economy's cyclical turning points.
Say More: Brahima Coulibaly

Say More Interview

Brahima Coulibaly

says how Africa can get more from globalization, emphasizes the importance of job creation on the continent, and warns that, without adequate international support during the COVID-19 pandemic, there's no “best-case scenario” for African economies.

 

Politics & World Affairs

The Pandemic Must End Our Complacency


Bertrand Badré and Yves Tiberghien think COVID-19 has exposed a deeper crisis of globalization that demands new forms of collective leadership.

Politics & World Affairs

Averting a Cold War of Choice


Javier Solana and Óscar Fernández warn that increasing talk of a looming Sino-American confrontation risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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