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Investors remain exuberant about AI, betting that the opportunities will outweigh the risks. In a new PS Big Picture, @carlbfrey.bsky.social, Ricardo Hausmann, Noreena Hertz, Michael Spence, and others consider the extent to which that’s true. bit.ly/4rdIKbe
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Investors remain exuberant about AI, betting that the opportunities will outweigh the risks. In a new PS Big Picture, @carlbfrey.bsky.social, Ricardo Hausmann, Noreena Hertz, Michael Spence, and others consider the extent to which that’s true. bit.ly/4rdIKbe
Besides the basic injustice of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of the war it started, there are six fundamental problems with Donald Trump’s Russia-Ukraine “peace” plan, argues @timothysnyder.bsky.social. bit.ly/4oWqSA5
The Wrong Way to Peace in Ukraine
Timothy Snyder thinks the proposed settlement negotiated by Russia and the US would make the world far more dangerous.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Besides the basic injustice of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of the war it started, there are six fundamental problems with Donald Trump’s Russia-Ukraine “peace” plan, argues @timothysnyder.bsky.social. bit.ly/4oWqSA5
Now that MAGA holds power in the US, its chief ideologues see opportunities to expand the movement by exerting pressure on the “decadent” Europeans, Joschka Fischer warns. bit.ly/3K7y11y
How MAGA Hopes to Pervert Transatlanticism
Joschka Fischer worries that the Trump administration will try to bring down Europe’s post-nationalist project.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Now that MAGA holds power in the US, its chief ideologues see opportunities to expand the movement by exerting pressure on the “decadent” Europeans, Joschka Fischer warns. bit.ly/3K7y11y
It might seem that a corruption investigation focused on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle could not come at a worse time for the country. But this may turn out to be just the scandal Ukraine needs, observes Anna Husarska. bit.ly/4oS4SXc
Why Ukraine Deserves to Survive
Anna Husarska argues that an ongoing investigation of high-level corruption shows what the country is – and what Russia isn't.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It might seem that a corruption investigation focused on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle could not come at a worse time for the country. But this may turn out to be just the scandal Ukraine needs, observes Anna Husarska. bit.ly/4oS4SXc
Democratic collapse does not require a sudden shock. An electoral democracy can slowly drift toward dictatorship until it reaches the point of no return, writes Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/4p5Arx0
How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step
Kaushik Basu highlights the subtle ways social pressures cause people to accept constraints they once rejected.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Democratic collapse does not require a sudden shock. An electoral democracy can slowly drift toward dictatorship until it reaches the point of no return, writes Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/4p5Arx0
The way to counter Chinese imports in technologically sophisticated areas is not to impose tariffs. It is to deploy modern industrial policies, @drodrik.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/485ckHf
How to Respond to Chinese Imports
Dani Rodrik explains what governments should be doing to address the risks to national security, innovation, and jobs.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The way to counter Chinese imports in technologically sophisticated areas is not to impose tariffs. It is to deploy modern industrial policies, @drodrik.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/485ckHf
The real measure of Gaza’s recovery is how effectively short-term relief builds enduring national institutions that allow Palestinians to regain dignity and disengage from militias, argue Turnwait Michael and Erin McCandless. bit.ly/4rbNSNh
The Right Way to Rebuild Gaza’s Health System
Turnwait Michael & Erin McCandless think emergency assistance should be designed and implemented in ways that strengthen local institutions.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The real measure of Gaza’s recovery is how effectively short-term relief builds enduring national institutions that allow Palestinians to regain dignity and disengage from militias, argue Turnwait Michael and Erin McCandless. bit.ly/4rbNSNh
Will the AI boom continue? In a new PS Big Picture, Carl Benedikt Frey, Michael Spence, Lee Jong-Wha, Angela Huyue Zhang, and others examine the factors likely to shape the technology’s future. Read it at the link. bit.ly/4rdIKbe
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Will the AI boom continue? In a new PS Big Picture, Carl Benedikt Frey, Michael Spence, Lee Jong-Wha, Angela Huyue Zhang, and others examine the factors likely to shape the technology’s future. Read it at the link. bit.ly/4rdIKbe
The G20 must maintain the momentum of South Africa’s presidency and push for reforms to international finance and cooperation that will help Africa integrate into the global economy, writes Hippolyte Fofack. bit.ly/4a1BPMg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The G20 must maintain the momentum of South Africa’s presidency and push for reforms to international finance and cooperation that will help Africa integrate into the global economy, writes Hippolyte Fofack. bit.ly/4a1BPMg
Even if claims that “AI is the new electricity” prove to be exaggerated, we should still prepare for deep, disruptive economic change, @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social's Kevin O'Neil writes. bit.ly/4pj4KzN
The Case for Taxing AI
Kevin O’Neil sees an urgent need for policy changes to ensure that the technology serves the public good.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Even if claims that “AI is the new electricity” prove to be exaggerated, we should still prepare for deep, disruptive economic change, @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social's Kevin O'Neil writes. bit.ly/4pj4KzN
Progressives have often treated concerns over immigration and cultural change as technocratic policy issues, failing to see how closely they were tied to people’s national identity. The result has been a far-right resurgence, writes Filip Milačić. bit.ly/487zHQC
Only Liberal Nationalism Can Defeat the Far Right
Filip Milačić urges pro-democracy groups to reconnect with culturally anxious voters courted by populist politicians.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Progressives have often treated concerns over immigration and cultural change as technocratic policy issues, failing to see how closely they were tied to people’s national identity. The result has been a far-right resurgence, writes Filip Milačić. bit.ly/487zHQC
The UK's Labour government seems to have determined, correctly, that voters will not care about any of its other policies unless it can show that it is serious about securing the borders. Mark Leonard explains what that should look like. bit.ly/48e4CLg
How Progressives Can Win on Immigration
Mark Leonard sees promise in Danish and Swedish efforts to incorporate migration control into a social-democratic agenda.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The UK's Labour government seems to have determined, correctly, that voters will not care about any of its other policies unless it can show that it is serious about securing the borders. Mark Leonard explains what that should look like. bit.ly/48e4CLg
Many assume that America is “deregulating” AI. But it is important to remember that the US federal government is not the only regulator in town, notes Angela Huyue Zhang. bit.ly/47PMjNt
Let a Thousand AI Regimes Bloom
Angela Huyue Zhang highlights the benefits of the American federalist approach to regulating new technologies.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Many assume that America is “deregulating” AI. But it is important to remember that the US federal government is not the only regulator in town, notes Angela Huyue Zhang. bit.ly/47PMjNt
Regional bodies are best positioned to steer tipping-point governance because they are close enough to see the harm caused and large enough to mount a cross-border response, write Jessica Seddon and Manjana Milkoreit. bit.ly/44ci54N
Regional Leadership on Global Tipping Points
Jessica Seddon & Manjana Milkoreit propose an institutional framework for mounting a coordinated response to these massive climate risks.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Regional bodies are best positioned to steer tipping-point governance because they are close enough to see the harm caused and large enough to mount a cross-border response, write Jessica Seddon and Manjana Milkoreit. bit.ly/44ci54N
Despite erratic and misguided policymaking since the beginning of 2025, Pinelopi Goldberg would not write off the US economy, given the country's track record in developing and commercializing new technologies. bit.ly/48l51wl
Why the US Economy Has Remained Stronger Than Expected
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers why aggregate figures have defied most economists’ predictions since the beginning of 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Despite erratic and misguided policymaking since the beginning of 2025, Pinelopi Goldberg would not write off the US economy, given the country's track record in developing and commercializing new technologies. bit.ly/48l51wl
The erosion of freedom, prosperity, and the rule of law poses a threat to the European project and to democracy itself, warns Ana Palacio. bit.ly/4a0SUpA
Restoring Europe’s Social Contracts
Ana Palacio warns that the erosion of freedom, prosperity, and the rule of law is jeopardizing the European project.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The erosion of freedom, prosperity, and the rule of law poses a threat to the European project and to democracy itself, warns Ana Palacio. bit.ly/4a0SUpA
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Here is my op-ed in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social on the occasion of the Latin America & Caribbean and European leaders’ summit.
We are strengthening our strategic alliance, rooted in democracy and mutual respect, to the benefit of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
#BuildingBridges
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We are strengthening our strategic alliance, rooted in democracy and mutual respect, to the benefit of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
#BuildingBridges
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President @nadiacalvino.eib.org highlights how the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean are choosing to build bridges at a time of global change, strengthening a partnership rooted in democratic values, mutual respect, win-win cooperation.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Here is my op-ed in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social on the occasion of the Latin America & Caribbean and European leaders’ summit.
We are strengthening our strategic alliance, rooted in democracy and mutual respect, to the benefit of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
#BuildingBridges
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
We are strengthening our strategic alliance, rooted in democracy and mutual respect, to the benefit of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
#BuildingBridges
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
High interest rates and rising foreign reserves signal Sri Lanka’s willingness to place the interests of outside actors ahead of the country’s own people and businesses, argue Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar, and @jwmason.bsky.social. bit.ly/3XIgTlX
Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap
Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar and J.W. Mason urge the central bank to ease monetary policy as soon as possible, while keeping an eye on capital flight.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
High interest rates and rising foreign reserves signal Sri Lanka’s willingness to place the interests of outside actors ahead of the country’s own people and businesses, argue Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar, and @jwmason.bsky.social. bit.ly/3XIgTlX
The United States has ceased to be a factor in international order, becoming an engine of disorder instead, Carl Bildt observes. bit.ly/48bOhqq
The Illiberal World Order Is Here
Carl Bildt thinks the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the postwar world the US helped build.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The United States has ceased to be a factor in international order, becoming an engine of disorder instead, Carl Bildt observes. bit.ly/48bOhqq
The greater the total issuance of dollar-denominated stablecoins, the greater the likelihood of this politically connected industry becoming the next case of "too big to fail," Angus Armstrong and Dennis J. Snower observe. bit.ly/3LMuuWT
The Stablecoin Threat
Angus Armstrong & Dennis J. Snower see major risks associated with the growth of privately issued dollar-backed digital tokens.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The greater the total issuance of dollar-denominated stablecoins, the greater the likelihood of this politically connected industry becoming the next case of "too big to fail," Angus Armstrong and Dennis J. Snower observe. bit.ly/3LMuuWT
The upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg must end with a commitment to restructuring the liabilities of highly indebted countries, most of which are in Africa, argues former Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe. bit.ly/4r7Yc8P
The G20 Can No Longer Postpone Debt Relief
Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe urges members to devise a framework that would reduce Africa’s liabilities and enable its green transition.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg must end with a commitment to restructuring the liabilities of highly indebted countries, most of which are in Africa, argues former Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe. bit.ly/4r7Yc8P
Like the railroads in the 19th century, the dot-com era poured money into long-lived assets that are still in use today. By contrast, AI hyperscalers are not laying track. They're running on a treadmill, @carlbfrey.bsky.social warns. bit.ly/3Ka2RGG
The AI Bubble’s Shaky Math
Carl Benedikt Frey thinks the productivity gains are more muted, and the macro risks more pronounced, than in the dot-com bubble.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Like the railroads in the 19th century, the dot-com era poured money into long-lived assets that are still in use today. By contrast, AI hyperscalers are not laying track. They're running on a treadmill, @carlbfrey.bsky.social warns. bit.ly/3Ka2RGG
Not everyone is turning inward. In 2025, the European Investment Bank's financing for projects in Latin America and the Caribbean will exceed $3 billion – a new record, notes EIB President @nadiacalvino.eib.org. bit.ly/4i2HkMy
Building Bridges in a Divided World
Nadia Calviño shows how Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean are bucking the trend toward zero-sum economic policies.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not everyone is turning inward. In 2025, the European Investment Bank's financing for projects in Latin America and the Caribbean will exceed $3 billion – a new record, notes EIB President @nadiacalvino.eib.org. bit.ly/4i2HkMy
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Comparto mi tribuna en @projectsyndicate.bsky.social tras la cumbre de líderes de América Latina y el Caribe y Europa.
Construimos puentes entre las dos orillas, reforzando una alianza estratégica, basada en valores democráticos y respeto mutuo, con la que todos ganamos.
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Construimos puentes entre las dos orillas, reforzando una alianza estratégica, basada en valores democráticos y respeto mutuo, con la que todos ganamos.
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Construyendo puentes entre las dos orillas
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November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Comparto mi tribuna en @projectsyndicate.bsky.social tras la cumbre de líderes de América Latina y el Caribe y Europa.
Construimos puentes entre las dos orillas, reforzando una alianza estratégica, basada en valores democráticos y respeto mutuo, con la que todos ganamos.
🗞️➡️ bit.ly/3K8F4a8
Construimos puentes entre las dos orillas, reforzando una alianza estratégica, basada en valores democráticos y respeto mutuo, con la que todos ganamos.
🗞️➡️ bit.ly/3K8F4a8
COP30 must begin transforming the fragmented, underperforming climate-finance system into an integrated framework that delivers on both climate and development objectives, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin. bit.ly/49YMxmE
Climate and Development Finance Must Be Integrated
Mahmoud Mohieldin explains how COP30 can begin addressing the shortcomings of today’s fragmented, underperforming arrangements.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
COP30 must begin transforming the fragmented, underperforming climate-finance system into an integrated framework that delivers on both climate and development objectives, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin. bit.ly/49YMxmE