Skip to main content
Access provided by

Curated by Project Syndicate

How Many More World AIDS Days?

5 commentaries

Since its emergence in 1981, the global AIDS epidemic has taken around 36 million lives, and ravaged some of the world's most vulnerable communities. While the world has made significant progress over the past 15 years, obstacles to AIDS prevention – and eventually eradication – persist.

Sort by: Show:
  1. Four Ways to Beat HIV/AIDS
    China marks world AIDS day VCG/Getty Images

    Four Ways to Beat HIV/AIDS

    Dec 1, 2017 Heather Bresch argues that an effective strategy must focus on increasing the availability of low-cost treatment.

  2. The Right to Health Is Universal
    A nurse holding a cyro vial containing the serum from an individual that will be sent for HIV testing Noel Celis/Getty Images

    The Right to Health Is Universal

    Nov 29, 2017 Michel Sidibé & Dainius Puras explain what it will take to ensure that Sustainable Development Goal 3 is achieved by 2030.

  3. Donald Trump’s Little Women
    Pregnant women Cameroon Pers-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

    Donald Trump’s Little Women

    Mar 8, 2017 Françoise Girard shows how the "global gag rule" undermines the health – and human rights – of women and girls.

  4. The End of AIDS
    Aids ribbon at the White House Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    The End of AIDS

    Nov 29, 2016 Jeffrey D. Sachs shows how the global epidemic can be stopped for good, even in the poorest countries.

  5. The Measurement of Hope
    pa3179c.jpg Paul Lachine

    The Measurement of Hope

    Feb 4, 2013 Bill Gates on the next 15 years of development assistance.

Our Pick

Featured

  1. brown111_ALAIN JOCARDPOOLAFP via Getty Images_mpox ALAIN JOCARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
    0

    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. charap3_ TATYANA MAKEYEVAAFP via Getty Images)_kursk TATYANA MAKEYEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
    0

    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
  3. leonard104_SurkovDimitriGetty Images_USEUflag SurkovDimitri/Getty Images
    0

    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
  4. mazzucato71 GettyImages-2159148172_AW Getty Images
    0

    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

     call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
  5. reyna1_Martin Schuttpicture alliance via Getty Images_ev green deal Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images
    0

    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
  6. bremmer34_Anna MoneymakerGetty Images_harrissouthkorea Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
    0

    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

     considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
  7. anheier25_JOHN MACDOUGALLAFP via Getty Images_afd JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images
    0

    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
  8. delong263_MEGAN JELINGERAFP via Getty Images_USindustrysteel Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images
    3

    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
  9. nye261_Kevin DietschGetty Images_us election Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
    1

    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.