Project Syndicate

By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – In the Caribbean, summer is when things happen.

By Juan Manuel Santos BOGOTÁ – In Paradise Lost, the English poet John Milton encapsulates a fundamental truth about the struggle to end a violent conflict and establish a sustainable peace: “Who overcomes by force, Hath overcome but half his foe.”

By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Isabella Massa Isabella Massa is Senior Economist at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

By Mary Robinson DUBLIN – The COVID-19 pandemic has recast the world for millions of people.

By  Joseph E. Stiglitz and Geoffrey Heal NEW YORK – Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests – profits – will invariably promote the common good.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Recent conciliatory moves by India’s nationalist government on its western flank have rightly aroused global interest.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – It appears that the international community is moving toward what many are calling a historic agreement to set a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations (MNCs).

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – Where did COVID-19 come from?

By  Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The latest G7 summit was a waste of resources.

By  Felipe Larraín and Pepe Zhang SANTIAGO – Once a peripheral presence in Latin America, China has become one of the region’s most important partners.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – As US President Joe Biden prepares to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the stakes might not seem all that high.

By  Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – On June 5, the world’s leading economies announced an agreement that will bolster their ability to raise taxes on global corporations.

By Chris Patten LONDON – The late George Shultz, US Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, was one of the finest public servants in recent American history.

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – In addition to a pandemic, this decade has already been overshadowed by the return of great power rivalries.

By Raghuram G. Rajan CHICAGO – With President Joe Biden’s administration recommitting the United States to the Paris climate agreement, and with a major United Nations climate-change conference (COP26) coming later this year, there is new hope for meaningful global policies to meet the challenge.

By Zhang Jun SHANGHAI – Last month, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee officially backed the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, which labels China a strategic competitor in a number of areas, including trade, technology, and security.

By Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel BERKELEY/CHICAGO – US President Joe Biden’s decision to back the call for waiving intellectual-property protections for COVID-19 vaccines reflects the extent of global pressure for universal vaccine access.

By Sanna Marin Sanna Marin is Prime Minister of Finland. HELSINKI – Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges of our time, so all responsible political leaders must offer long-term policies for confronting them effectively.

By Michael Spence MILAN – At this point in the pandemic, the key question is whether vaccine production can be ramped up quickly enough to allow most people to be vaccinated relatively soon.