Skip to main content

us election topic_Scott OlsonGetty Images_trump biden debate

The US Election 2020

76 commentaries

  1. boskin74_Alex WongGetty Images_biden neera tanden Alex Wong/Getty Images

    What the Biden Presidency Means for US Economic Policy

    Michael J. Boskin examines the three factors that will determine the new administration's room for maneuver.
  2. castaneda75_ROBERTO SCHMIDTAFP via Getty Images_joe biden Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

    America’s Normalcy Delusion

    Jorge G. Castañeda criticizes US President-elect Joe Biden's pursuit of the status quo ante – and offers an alternate approach.
  3. PS Politics - Black

    A curated selection of essential analysis of the most important news stories, delivered to your inbox every Wednesday.



  4. yhuang10_ John LamparskiNurPhoto via Getty Images_cubans for trump John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Trump’s Right-Wing Rainbow Coalition

    Yasheng Huang thinks psychology, rather than demographics, provides the key to contemporary US electoral politics.
  5. posner7_ BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIAFP via Getty Images_trump oval office Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

    America Passed the Trump Stress Test

    Eric Posner argues that the past four years of norm-breaking have strengthened, not weakened, democratic institutions.
  6. nye212_Mark MakelaGetty Images_joe biden Mark Makela/Getty Images

    Can Joe Biden’s America Be Trusted?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. thinks the president-elect must allay US allies' fears that another Donald Trump could emerge in 2024 or 2028.
  7. hausmann90_ GASTON DE CARDENASAFP via Getty Images_latinos for trump Gaston de Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images

    Miami Trumps Biden

    Ricardo Hausmann & José Ramon Morales-Arilla explain the Democratic Party's disastrous 2020 election performance in the city, and how it can recover there.
  8. patten121_Samuel CorumGetty Images_mitch mcconnell Samuel Corum/Getty Images

    America’s Fifth Column

    Chris Patten argues that GOP leaders and their media enablers are subverting the cause of liberal democracy everywhere.
  9. pistor17_Caroline Brehman-PoolGetty Images_us constitution Caroline Brehman/Pool/Getty Images

    Reckoning with American Democracy’s Enemies Within

    Katharina Pistor argues that Republican efforts to discredit the US election must not be dismissed as mere partisan cynicism.
  1. Matt Gush/Getty Images

    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
  2. halland9_FREDRIK VARFJELLNTBAFP via Getty Images_norwaynaturalgas Fredrik Varfjell/NTB/AFP via Getty Images

    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.
  3. gahnberg1_NurPhotoGettyImages_china_mobile_changing_piles

    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
  4. gill10_Nhac NguyenGettyImages_vietnam_street_vendor Nhac Nguyen/Getty Images

    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.
  5. dalay4_GAVRIIL GRIGOROVPOOLAFP via Getty Images_putin Gavril Griforov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

    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.
  6. moyo30_sesameGetty Images_philanthropy sesame/Getty Images

    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
  7. op_aschecter1_Westend61Getty Images_books Westend61/Getty Images

    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.
  8. seid1_Reinhard Dirscherlullstein bild via Getty Images_seagrass Reinhard Dirscherlullstein bild via Getty Images

    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
  9. varoufakis122_Spencer PlattGetty Images_wallstreet Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    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.

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.