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The Trump Doctrine in Venezuela
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
The US military operation to arrest Nicolás Maduro underscores President Donald Trump’s view of the Western Hemisphere as a region where US interests take precedence. Russia and China will welcome this as a sign that Trump shares their vision of a world divid…
Jan 4, 2026, 11:38 AM
Trump’s Travel Bans Threaten US National Security
Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate
For all Donald Trump’s talk about security, he proves far more interested in lining his own pockets. No country that hosts a major Trump-branded property or strikes a high-profile business deal with a member of Trump’s inner circle – including some with well-…
Jan 2, 2026, 5:40 PM
The Truth About Europe’s Regulation of Digital Platforms
Bertrand Badré, Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump claims that Europeans are engaging in "censorship" when they require digital platforms to be transparent about their algorithms and to remove already illegal content. With the US recently barring entry to five Europeans it accuses of…
Jan 2, 2026, 2:42 PM
The Post-2025 World Order
Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate
Last year will be remembered as one of global reckoning. The future of the international order remains unknown, but now we know which countries are best prepared to adapt to the loss of what came before.
Jan 2, 2026, 11:33 AM
The Big Picture
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Jan 1, 2026, 3:25 PM
Donald Trump and the White Man’s Burden in Nigeria
Adekeye Adebajo, Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide.” Trump has three possible motives: his mercantilist quest for rare-earth minerals, his pandering to evangelical Christians, and …
Dec 26, 2025, 5:17 PM
PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2026
PS editors, Project Syndicate
Donald Trump’s second presidency has reset global expectations, making uncertainty the defining feature of today’s geopolitical and economic landscape. While the path forward remains unclear, the year ahead will likely be marked by greater geopolitical and fi…
Dec 26, 2025, 12:45 PM
The Corruption Is the Point
Janine R. Wedel, Project Syndicate
While Donald Trump's use of the presidency to enrich himself is unprecedented in American history, it does have analogues in Russia and other former communist countries. In fact, by appointing incompetent subordinates who owe him everything, Trump recalls a t…
Nov 28, 2025, 12:32 PM
The Basel Consensus Is Cracking
Howard Davies, Project Syndicate
Behind the facade of unity, global banking supervisors are split between fear of over-regulation and concern that easing rules invites a repeat of the 2007-09 financial crisis. With the US rethinking supervision and scaling back enforcement, its break from Ba…
Nov 28, 2025, 11:30 AM
What Will the US Debt Reckoning Look Like?
Jeffrey Frankel, Project Syndicate
For now, and in the foreseeable future, fiscal adjustment is a political non-starter in the US, where the prospect of higher taxes or cuts to Social Security and Medicare is a surefire way to lose votes. But this is probably where the country is headed, thoug…
Nov 28, 2025, 11:01 AM
Defending Press Freedom in the Age of Trump
Martin Baron, Project Syndicate
As authoritarian leaders seek to delegitimize independent news and AI blurs the line between facts and falsehoods, journalists around the world are fighting to be heard above a rising tide of misinformation and propaganda. In this environment, news outlets mu…
Nov 28, 2025, 9:37 AM
Trump’s Crony Diplomacy
Federico Fubini, Project Syndicate
Under President Donald Trump, entrusting inexperienced loyalists to handle issues of national and global concern has become the norm, and personal enrichment the through line of US foreign policy. The result is the Ukraine "peace deal" Trump's cronies cooked …
Nov 27, 2025, 5:28 PM
The Scars of Partition
Michael Burleigh, Project Syndicate
From Ireland to Palestine, the 20th century’s partitions promised stability but delivered bloodshed, animosity, and ethnic cleansing. A new book traces how the breakup of the British Indian Empire unleashed a chain of upheavals that redefined South Asia and s…
Nov 27, 2025, 3:17 PM
How Trump Could Fix the G20
Jim O'Neill, Project Syndicate
With the group's rotating presidency passing to the United States, many expect that Donald Trump’s presence at the helm will further reduce the effectiveness of a once-promising multilateral economic institution. But that need not be the case if Trump focuses…
Nov 27, 2025, 2:37 PM
Will 2026 Bring Financial Crisis?
PS Commentators, Project Syndicate
From US President Donald Trump’s weaponization of trade to the erosion of US Treasuries’ status as safe-haven assets and breakneck investment in AI, the last year has shaken the foundations of the postwar global economy. As 2025 comes to an end, we asked PS c…
Nov 27, 2025, 10:05 AM
Pushing Back Against Trump’s New World Order
Ahmet Davutoğlu, Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump seems determined to run the world like a private corporation, casting himself as CEO while treating other leaders as subordinates and discarding long-standing diplomatic norms. By humiliating European countries and sidelining major p…
Sep 1, 2025, 1:51 PM
Trump’s Shock Therapy Will Divide MAGA
Harold James, Project Syndicate
With his unorthodox approach to politics, Donald Trump promised radical change, which he is now delivering at home and abroad. But history offers plenty of lessons about where such strategies lead, and the outcome is rarely what their proponents had in mind.
Sep 1, 2025, 9:25 AM
Trump’s Alaska Folly
Timothy Snyder, Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump believes that foreign leaders can be dealt with like Americans, with fantastic promises and obnoxious bullying. But the empty offer of a “beautiful” future does not move dictators like Vladimir Putin, who has in mind his own specific…
Aug 17, 2025, 5:06 PM
The Trump Global Fallout
Laura Tyson, Project Syndicate
Donald Trump’s second-term policies have already been detrimental to America’s economy and national security. While his administration has delivered a massive gift to China, there is still a chance for Europeans and others mourning the loss of US global leade…
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
Trump Is Creating a Post-Western World
Amitav Acharya, Project Syndicate
Some might hope that Donald Trump’s alienation of US allies can be reversed under the next administration. Yet regardless of how his trade wars, territorial claims, and coercive tactics play out, the damage to the West as an idea and organizing principle of w…
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
The Future of American Soft Power
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Project Syndicate
If Donald Trump thinks he can compete with China while weakening trust among American allies, asserting imperial aspirations, cutting aid budgets, and otherwise diminishing American soft power, he is likely to fail. Though restoring what he has destroyed will…
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
Exporting the Oligarchy
Gabriel Zucman, Project Syndicate
As US income taxation comes under threat, and as the effects of US policies are exported abroad, the concentration of wealth could accelerate worldwide. But it is not too late for other countries to step in and halt the globalization of plutocracy.
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
The Post-Liberal Disorder
Benn Steil, Project Syndicate
The net effect of Trump’s wayward tariffs, refusal to confirm WTO appellate judges, and repeated invocation of “national security” to cloak mercantilism is likely to erode global trade norms that were built up over eight decades. The result will be a rapid di…
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
Multilateralism in a Post-American World
Joel Ng, Project Syndicate
Multilateral organizations may be facing their most severe challenges to date, but the multilateralists have not suddenly disappeared. Many leaders still recognize the inescapable logic of the modern world, and bottom-up efforts at rule-making and regional co…
Jun 15, 2025, 12:05 AM
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