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Jonathan Kennedy

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Jonathan Kennedy is a lecturer in Global Health at Queen Mary University of London.

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  1. When Populism Can Kill
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    When Populism Can Kill

    Jul 20, 2017 Domna Michailidou & Jonathan Kennedy warn that hostility toward experts is undermining vaccination and causing avoidable outbreaks.

  2. Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Civil Wars
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    Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Civil Wars

    Oct 25, 2016 Jonathan Kennedy & Domna Michailidou show how conflicting mandates in the UN Charter are tying the organization's hands in Syria.

  3. The Politics of Polio Eradication
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    The Politics of Polio Eradication

    Mar 15, 2016 Jonathan Kennedy & Domna Michailidou recount how immunization workers overcame a recent reversal in the fight against the virus.

  4. Militant Islamism and Vaccine Skepticism
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    Militant Islamism and Vaccine Skepticism

    Oct 22, 2015 Jonathan Kennedy & Domna Michailidou urges a better understanding of why most polio cases occur in countries with Islamic insurgencies.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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