Project Syndicate

By Ashoka Mody PRINCETON – In March 1985, the Wall Street Journal showered India’s new prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, with its highest praise.

BOGOTÁ – On July 27-28, Colombia will host the first ministerial summit for sustainable, inclusive, and equitable global taxation, with the support of Brazil and Chile.

By Kevin Watkins ABIDJAN – If you are looking for an argument in West Africa, try asking which country serves the best jollof.

By Dina Khapaeva ATLANTA – Russia has a long history of rule by criminals.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – No development during Vladimir Putin’s 23 years in power has so clearly pointed to his regime’s fragility as the Wagner Group’s aborted mutiny on June 24.

By Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca BERKELEY – As Texas swoons under an unprecedented heatwave, its governor has signed a “preemption” bill to strip cities like Houston and Dallas from setting standards for local workplaces – including guaranteed water breaks for outdoor workers.

By Rabah Arezki WASHINGTON, DC – Shortly after taking office on May 29, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu surprised many observers by implementing a series of bold reforms.

By Ajay Banga WASHINGTON, DC – World leaders are all too familiar with the global community’s challenges – loss of progress in our fight against poverty, an existential climate crisis, a fledgling pandemic recovery, and a crippling war on the borders of Europe.

By Nani Jansen Reventlow BERLIN – At long last, European countries have begun to grapple with their colonial legacies.

By Peter Singer  MELBOURNE – One day, we may look back on 2023 as the year when it became apparent that the gigantic industry of raising animals for food was heading the same way as the industry that for most of the twentieth century dominated how we record and store images.

By Macky Sall DAKAR – In late June, Senegal celebrated the feast of Tabaski, our version of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

By Tarja Halonen and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim HELSINKI/N’DJAMENA – Women have cultivated and nurtured life on our planet for centuries.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is riding high.

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Russia’s senseless war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly a year and a half, and the basic criminal nature of the enterprise has not changed.

By Twila Moon NUUK – The days in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, are growing longer.

By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Joe Biden in the White House last month, many observers saw the makings of an evolving alliance against China.

By Wacław Radziwinowicz WARSAW – In his address to the Russian people in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin alluded to the events of 1917, when General Lavr Kornilov’s infantry rebellion opened the way for the Bolsheviks to seize power and unleash a five-year civil war.

By  Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – Yevgeny Prigozhin may have called off his attempted coup just before his Wagner Group mercenaries reached Moscow, but the rebellion may nonetheless have fatally undermined Vladimir Putin’s regime.

By Mia Mottley and Werner Hoyer PARIS – In a world beset by rising temperatures, extreme weather patterns, and escalating natural disasters, the urgency of decisive action on climate change and the threat of future pandemics has never been more apparent.

NEW YORK – It has now been over two years since G7 leaders announced a groundbreaking agreement to divvy up taxation of multinational corporations’ profits.