Robert Muggah: Confronting the organized crime pandemic

Also, Richard Haass, Reed Galen, and others consider what it will take for Kamala Harris to beat Donald Trump in the US presidential election. [View this message in a web browser]( AUGUST 2, 2024 This week in PS Longer Reads, Robert Muggah, Co-Founder of the Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Group, shows that organized crime has exploded and gone global, demanding a more robust multilateral response. [Read now](. And in PS Big Picture, Richard Haass, Reed Galen, Charles A. Kupchan, and Mark Leonard consider what it will take for Kamala Harris to beat Donald Trump in November’s US presidential election. [Read now](. [PS Longer Reads: Confronting the Organized Crime Pandemic]( [Confronting the Organized Crime Pandemic]( By Robert Muggah Cross-border organized crime constitutes a major and growing threat to peace, security, human rights, and sustainable development around the world. Although there appears to be some increased awareness of the problem, the policy responses have been reactive, fragmented, and under-funded. [Read more]( [PS Summer Sale: Save 40% on all new Digital and Digital Plus subscriptions.]( [PS Big Picture: Harris Takes Control]( [Harris Takes Control]( with Richard Haass, Reed Galen, Charles A. Kupchan, and Mark Leonard US Vice President Kamala Harris’s rise as the presumptive Democratic nominee has breathed new life into November’s presidential election. But Donald Trump remains a formidable opponent, and defeating him will require Harris to strike the right balance between supporting President Joe Biden and distinguishing herself from him with a compelling vision for America’s future. [Read more]( [PS. Subscribe to Premium to access PS Quarterly: Age of Extremes.]( [PS Longer Reads: A Philosopher for Our Times]( [A Philosopher for Our Times]( By Enrique Krauze At a time when populism of both the left and the right threatens freedom of thought, the life and legacy of the seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza has much to teach us. Through reason, he showed, one can counter the "ultimate barbarism" that comes with unchecked human passions. [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.