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  1. Harold James

    Harold James

    Writing for PS since 2001
    234 Commentaries

    Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. A specialist on German economic history and on globalization, he is a co-author of The Euro and The Battle of Ideas, and the author of The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German FirmMaking the European Monetary Union, The War of Words, and, most recently, Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization (Yale University Press, 2023).

  2. Simon Johnson

    Simon Johnson

    Writing for PS since 2007
    183 Commentaries

    Simon Johnson, a 2024 Nobel laureate in economics and a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Faculty Director of MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work initiative, and Co-Chair of the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council. He is a co-author (with Daron Acemoglu) of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023). 

  3. Zhang Jun

    Zhang Jun

    Writing for PS since 2005
    68 Commentaries

    Zhang Jun, Dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University, is Director of the China Center for Economic Studies, a Shanghai-based think tank.

  4. Lee Jong-Wha

    Lee Jong-Wha

    Writing for PS since 2012
    54 Commentaries

    Lee Jong-Wha, Professor of Economics at Korea University, is a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank and a former senior adviser for international economic affairs to the president of South Korea.

  5. Keyu Jin

    Keyu Jin

    Writing for PS since 2012
    27 Commentaries

    Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and the author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism (Viking, 2023).

  6. William H. Janeway

    William H. Janeway

    Writing for PS since 2013
    26 Commentaries

    William H. Janeway is a distinguished affiliated professor in economics at the University of Cambridge and author of Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

  7. Ma Jian

    Ma Jian

    Writing for PS since 2005
    13 Commentaries

    Ma Jian is the author of the novels Beijing Coma, The Noodle-Maker, and The Dark Road. He is currently a visiting fellow at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Berlin.

  8. Josef Joffe

    Josef Joffe

    Writing for PS since 2020
    10 Commentaries

    Josef Joffe, a member of the editorial council of Die Zeit, is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and teaches international politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

  9. Arne Jernelov

    Arne Jernelov

    Writing for PS since 2003
    10 Commentaries

    Arne Jernelov, a former director of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, is a UN expert on environmental catastrophes.

  10. Wenran Jiang

    Wenran Jiang

    Writing for PS since 2004
    9 Commentaries

    Wenran Jiang, a former Japan Foundation Fellow, is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta and a senior fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

  11. Joseph Jimenez

    Joseph Jimenez

    Writing for PS since 2013
    7 Commentaries

    Joseph Jimenez is CEO of Novartis.

  12. Edward Jung

    Edward Jung

    Writing for PS since 2013
    6 Commentaries

    Edward Jung, former Chief Architect at Microsoft, is Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Intellectual Ventures.

  13. Yu Jie

    Yu Jie

    Writing for PS since 2022
    6 Commentaries

    Yu Jie is a senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Program at Chatham House.

  14. Ma Jun

    Ma Jun

    Writing for PS since 2015
    5 Commentaries

    Ma Jun, President of the Beijing-based Institute of Finance and Sustainability and Chairman of the Green Finance Committee at the China Society for Finance and Banking, is Chair of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and the Capacity-Building Alliance of Sustainable Investment, and a former co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group.

  15. Calestous Juma

    Calestous Juma

    Writing for PS since 2001
    4 Commentaries

    Calestous Juma was Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and the author of Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies.

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    The Fight for Syria

    Shlomo Ben-Ami worries that Israel and Turkey, with their clashing ambitions, could undermine the country’s stability.
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    How to Counter Trump's Tariffs Productively?

    Shang-Jin Wei proposes steps that allies and rivals alike can take to mitigate the effects of American trade policies.
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    Weaponizing Data Against Democracy

    Jayati Ghosh explains why and how authoritarian leaders like Narendra Modi hide or manipulate official figures.
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    Alternatives to Trump’s Russia Appeasement

    Harold James explains how France and Britain can guarantee Ukraine’s security now that America has effectively surrendered.
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    Germany at a Crossroads

    Ulrike Malmendier, et al.

    Despite its ongoing economic stagnation and aging population, Germany’s outlook is far from hopeless. But to restore its growth momentum, it must embrace the realities of the twenty-first century, invest in high-potential emerging sectors, and adapt to an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.

    urge policymakers to pursue bold structural reforms, rather than clinging to an outdated growth model.
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    The Amazon’s Future Will Be Decided in 2025

    Carlos Nobre & Marielos Peña-Claros warn that the world's largest rainforest is reaching a tipping point, beyond which it will largely disappear.
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    The New Face of Protest

    Slavoj Žižek contrasts the pioneering mass student demonstrations in Serbia with widespread private resignation in China.
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    Reaping Asia’s Silver Demographic Dividend

    Lee Jong-Wha urges governments to develop integrated policies that encourage older adults to stay in the workforce.
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    Getting Green Investment Where It’s Needed Most

    Serge Ekué & Javier Díaz Fajardo propose a strategy to redirect all financial flows toward the climate transition.

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