Project Syndicate – Page 7 – Asia Times

A man wipes perspiration from his face in Tokyo on July 24, 2018, as Japan suffers from a heatwave.
An 'unprecedented' heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said. Photo: AFP / Martin Bureau

Australia, European Union, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

We are all climate refugees now

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at an awards ceremony for the Russian national soccer team at the Kremlin on July 28, 2018. Photo: AFP / Pool / Pavel Golovkin

European Union, France, Israel, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Good oligarch, bad oligarch

by Vladislav Inozemtsev August 2, 2018

Donald Trump after the Singapore Summit in Singapore. Photo: AFP/Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information/EyePress

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump’s grand strategy: reviving America’s global power

by Brahma Chellaney August 1, 2018

Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Imran Khan’s Pakistan: a look ahead

by Shahid Javed Burki July 30, 2018

Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Russia, South Asia, World

BRICS in a multipolar world

by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos July 26, 2018

The two leaders sign the summit declaration, watched by the North Korean leader's sister and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: Pool / Kevin Lim / Straits Times

AT Finance, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Summing up the Trump summits

by Richard N. Haass July 26, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin offers a ball from the 2018 World Cup to US President Donald Trump after a meeting in Helsinki in July. Photo: AFP

Trumpism and the philosophy of world order

by Mark S Weiner July 24, 2018

The overall benefits of free trade are widely accepted, but it does sometimes impose job insecurity and a sense of injustice. Photo: iStock

World

How to protect workers without trade tariffs

by Robert J Shiller July 21, 2018February 18, 2020

3D illustration of rubber stamp with the text patented. IP law and intellectual property patent concept. Image: iStock

Uncategorized

Has intellectual property protection gone too far?

by Zia Qureshi July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters via Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin

China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Russia’s own goals in the World Cup of press freedom

by Christophe Deloire July 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Migrants are escorted by Slovenian police to the Austrian border. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The need for smart immigration policies

by Sami Mahroum July 6, 2018

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C) arrives for a court appearance at the Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur on July 4, 2018.Najib, 64, was detained on July 3 as the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad intensified a probe on corruption during his rule, including the alleged siphoning off of billions of dollars from state fund 1MDB. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Rise of populist autocrats driven by corruption

by James A Goldston July 5, 2018July 5, 2018

Brexit talks . Image: iStock

China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The end of global Britain

by Mark Malloch-Brown July 4, 2018

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cheers his supporters at Zocalo Square in Mexico City after winning the presidential election, on July 1, 2018. / Photo: AFP / Pedro Parido

Mexico gets its own version of Trump

by Jorge G Castañeda July 2, 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party in Ankara. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Erdogan the Magnificent is not quite all-powerful

by Sinan Ülgen June 27, 2018

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Beijing, China, European Union, Italy, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Family values: the growing alliance between Putin and Western populism

by Robert Skidelsky June 27, 2018

A boatload of Syrian and Iraqi refugees nears the Greek Island of Lesbos. The Syrian civil war highlights the global crisis involving refugees and migrants, a crisis the author believes requires a new international migration system that recognizes all types of population movement between countries. Photo: Ggia/Wikipedia Commons

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, World

Europe’s left turns right on immigration

by Michael Bröning June 23, 2018

Hurricane Irma drives toward Florida past the eastern end of Cuba in this NASA satellite image taken on September 8, 2017. Photo: NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center / via Reuters

World

Energy for the common good

by Jeffrey D. Sachs June 19, 2018

Illustrative Editorial image using plastic toy soldiers and canons on a map of the South China Sea. Tensions and conflict in the region have been heating up in recent years. Trade wars will only make it worse. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US struggles to counter Chinese maritime hegemony

by Brahma Chellaney June 14, 2018

United States President Donald Trump has taken a softer tone. Photo: AFP/Oliver Contreras/Pool via CNP

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

King Donald: US president’s monarchical ambitions

by Elizabeth Drew June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other after an exchange of agreements during a joint press conference in New Delhi on May 1, 2017.Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh

European Union, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

The Modi-Erdogan Parallel

by Shashi Tharoor June 10, 2018

Image of US President Donald Trump, China's leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Photo: Getty Image

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

A North Korean opportunity for America and China

by Richard N. Haass June 10, 2018

This KCNA image purports to show Kim Jong-un attending a sub launch in 2016. Photo: KCNA

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Getting to Yes with Kim Jong-un

by Yoon Young-kwan June 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Confused young handyman with question marks. Photo: iStock

European Union, Germany, United Kingdom, World

Overcoming the politics of pessimism

by Philippe Legrain June 2, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

The world according to Trump and Xi

by Brahma Chellaney May 27, 2018

Asian currency banknotes interspersed with US dollars. Photo: iStock/Getty Images.

European Union, Russia, World

The old allure of new money

by Robert J Shiller May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump shows the document reinstating sanctions against Iran. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Europe must resist Trump’s dangerous Iran strategy

by Jeffrey D. Sachs May 19, 2018

Illustration: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

America’s irrational collision course with China

by Kishore Mahbubani May 16, 2018

US America lunch ICBM missile for nuclear bomb test illustration concept. Photo: iStock

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Denuclearization means the United States, too

by Jeffrey D. Sachs May 9, 2018

Brexit talks . Image: iStock

European Union, United Kingdom, World

Can a European capital market survive Brexit?

by Howard Davies May 7, 2018