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  1. Jim O'Neill

    Jim O'Neill

    Writing for PS since 2008
    129 Commentaries

    Jim O’Neill, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is a member of the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development.

  2. José Antonio Ocampo

    José Antonio Ocampo

    Writing for PS since 2006
    56 Commentaries

    José Antonio Ocampo, a former United Nations under-secretary-general and a former minister of finance and public credit of Colombia, is a professor at Columbia University, a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy, and a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation. He is the author of Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System (Oxford University Press, 2017) and co-author (with Luis Bértola) of The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence (Oxford University Press, 2012). 

  3. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Writing for PS since 2010
    26 Commentaries

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, is a former managing director at the World Bank, finance minister of Nigeria, board chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and African Union special envoy on COVID-19. She is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Global Public Leader at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.

  4. Ike Okonta

    Ike Okonta

    Writing for PS since 2002
    15 Commentaries

    Ike Okonta, an Abuja-based policy analyst and writer, is currently a fellow of the Open Society Institute, New York.

  5. Djoomart Otorbaev

    Djoomart Otorbaev

    Writing for PS since 2020
    14 Commentaries

    Djoomart Otorbaev, a former prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, is the author of Central Asia’s Economic Rebirth in the Shadow of the New Great Game (Routledge, 2023).

  6. Mitchell A. Orenstein

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

    Writing for PS since 2008
    12 Commentaries

    Mitchell A. Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War (Oxford University Press, 2019.

  7. Isabel Ortiz

    Isabel Ortiz

    Writing for PS since 2008
    7 Commentaries

    Isabel Ortiz, Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, is a former director of the International Labor Organization and UNICEF, and a former senior official at the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank.

  8. Tarek Osman

    Tarek Osman

    Writing for PS since 2013
    6 Commentaries

    Tarek Osman is the author of Islamism: What It Means for the Middle East and the World (Yale University Press, 2016) and Egypt on the Brink (Yale University Press, 2010).

  9. Vartan Oskanian

    Vartan Oskanian

    Writing for PS since 2008
    6 Commentaries

    Vartan Oskanian, a member of Armenia’s National Assembly and a former foreign minister (1998-2008), is the founder of the Yerevan-based Civilitas Foundation.

  10. Olusegun Obasanjo

    Olusegun Obasanjo

    Writing for PS since 2012
    6 Commentaries

    Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president of Nigeria (1976-79, 1999-2007), is a commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

  11. John O'Brennan

    John O'Brennan

    Writing for PS since 2008
    6 Commentaries

    John O’ Brennan is Director of European Studies and a lecturer in European Politics at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM).

  12. Fania Oz-Salzberger

    Fania Oz-Salzberger

    Writing for PS since 2008
    5 Commentaries

    Fania Oz-Salzberger is Professor at Haifa and Monash Universities and the 2009/10 Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University's Center for Human Values.

  13. Arkebe Oqubay

    Arkebe Oqubay

    Writing for PS since 2020
    5 Commentaries

    Arkebe Oqubay, a senior minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, is a distinguished fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and the author, most recently, of African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, Policy (Oxford University Press, 2020) and The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development (Oxford University Press, 2020).

  14. Michael O’Sullivan

    Michael O’Sullivan

    Writing for PS since 2013
    4 Commentaries

    Michael O’Sullivan is Chief Investment Officer in the International Wealth Management Division at Credit Suisse.

  15. Jonathan D. Ostry

    Jonathan D. Ostry

    Writing for PS since 2007
    4 Commentaries

    Jonathan D. Ostry, Professor of the Practice of Economics at Georgetown University, is a research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research in London. He is a former deputy research director at the IMF, and previously led the team that produces the IMF’s flagship World Economic Outlook.

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    The Moral of the China Story

    Yuen Yuen Ang explains why the world’s second-largest economy has gone from being a model to a warning in just six years.
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    American Anxiety

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    With a likely rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election, America and the rest of the world were heading into a perilous period even before the latest conflagration in the Middle East. Turmoil in the region will cloud the broader economic outlook – and could dim Biden’s chances.

    worries global economic and political developments will put Donald Trump back in the White House.
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    The Great Fragmentation

    Beata Javorcik thinks efforts to block the Chinese economy’s access to key technologies risks doing more harm than good.
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    The Battles Ukraine Has Already Won

    Yuliya Tymoshenko touts three successes that make ultimate victory in the war against Russia more likely.
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    Restoring Trust in Global Leadership

    Sri Mulyani Indrawati calls on the international community to mitigate the threats posed by conflicts and climate change.
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    Could the Israel-Hamas War Lead to Peace?

    Charles A. Kupchan

    It is hard to see anything good coming from the current spasm of violence between Israel and Hamas. But this tragedy, which has forced both Israelis and Palestinians to stare into the abyss, might prove to be a turning point that will clear the path for a lasting peace.

    considers how the current conflagration might pave the way for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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    The Shape of Power in 2024

    Adekeye Adebajo, et al.

    Around the world, foreign-policy strategists are grappling with new international dynamics, from the Sino-American rivalry and ongoing hot wars to the broader breakdown in multilateral global governance. However, there is much debate about whether global power and alignments are truly shifting, and in what ways.

    consider whether the world will become more multipolar or “non-aligned” in the new year.
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    Europe’s Chinese New Year

    Zaki Laïdi describes the delicate balance the EU is seeking to strike in its relationship with the People’s Republic.
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    The Outlook for Multilateralism in 2024

    Mark Malloch-Brown considers whether sorely needed reforms to global-governance institutions are still possible or likely.

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