Brigitte Granville for PS On Point: Growth and the Migration Factor

Brigitte Granville shows that economic conditions in host countries increase the challenges and dislocations facing displaced people. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( FEBRUARY 18, 2022 Immigration has been at the heart of social and economic development since the dawn of civilization; it has also been one of the matches that ignited the populist rebellions of recent years. All too often lost in the near-hysterical politics of immigration, writes Brigitte Granville of Queen Mary, University of London, is the fact that migrants and refugees are ordinary people pursuing ordinary interests, though often under extraordinary circumstances. [Read more](. On Point [Growth and the Migration Factor]( [Growth and the Migration Factor]( By Brigitte Granville Wars and natural disasters have always forced people to cross political borders to seek safety and a better life. But whether they are well-received when they reach their destination depends on a confluence of political, social, economic, and geographic factors. [Read more]( [PS. Contributor interviews and book recommendations. Sign up for the newsletter.]( The Big Picture [In Nixon and Mao’s Shadow]( [In Nixon and Mao’s Shadow]( Featuring Stephen S. Roach, Chris Patten, Ana Palacio, and more The momentous February 1972 meeting in Beijing between the leaders of the United States and China heralded an entente that helped to reshape the international order. Now that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are pursuing a similar triangulation strategy to undermine America’s global power, how should the US and its allies respond? [Read more]( Say More [An Interview with Anne-Marie Slaughter]( [An Interview with Anne-Marie Slaughter]( [Anne-Marie Slaughter]( proposes a US strategy for dealing with the Ukraine crisis, assesses the potential impact of the Build Back Better plan, and urges Americans to embrace the idea of “freedom as a community.” Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department, is CEO of the think tank New America, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and the author of [Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics](. [Read more]( Previously in On Point [The New Land Economy]( [The New Land Economy]( By Giulio Boccaletti While it is well known that reducing global carbon emissions to net-zero will require widespread economic change, far too little attention has been paid to the issue of land use. The green transition will require a fundamental reconsideration of how we apportion rights to the planet's surface. [Read more]( [PS. The latest on politics for less than $9 per month. Subscribe now.]( [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. 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](.