Ivan Krastev and Leonard Benardo for PS Global Bookmark: America and the Promised Land

And in a new PS Big Question, Yuen Yuen Ang, Kishore Mahbubani, Orville Schell, and Yu Jie consider what's next for Xi's China. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( OCTOBER 21, 2022 Although foreign policy may feel remote to most people, it has always been heavily integrated with domestic politics and deeper historical legacies. Nowhere is his more apparent than in US policy toward Israel, write Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies Ivan Krastev and Executive Vice President at the Open Society Foundations Leonard Benardo. [Read more](. [PS Global Bookmark: America and the Promised Land]( [America and the Promised Land]( By Ivan Krastev and Leonard Benardo From an American perspective, the Israel-Palestine conflict has largely exited center stage in recent years. And yet, comprehending the evolving interests, sentiments, and coalitions behind the US-Israel alliance may be the best way to understand the fundamentals that define America’s foreign policy more broadly. [Read more]( [Subscribe now to save $25 on a PS Digital subscription]( [PS Big Question: What's Next for Xi's China?]( [What's Next for Xi's China?]( with Yuen Yuen Ang, Kishore Mahbubani, Orville Schell, and Yu Jie The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has begun, and so far, President Xi Jinping has had a lot more to say about national pride and security than about the economy’s rapid downturn. With Xi set to be confirmed for an unprecedented third term, we asked PS commentators whether the country is headed down a self-destructive – even dangerous – path. [Read more]( [PS Say More: Mariana Mazzucato on the energy crisis, the Inflation Reduction Act, REPower EU, and more]( [Mariana Mazzucato on the energy crisis, the Inflation Reduction Act, REPower EU, and more]( Mariana Mazzucato reminds us that private green investment can be fickle, calls for more direct public financing of climate action, proposes policy interventions focused on “pre-distribution,” and more. Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and the author of [Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism](. [Read more]( [PS Longer Reads: Where Is Xi's China Heading?]( [Where Is Xi's China Heading?]( By Rana Mitter Regardless of which top Chinese officials appear on stage alongside Xi Jinping at this month’s Party Congress, certain fundamental issues will remain at the center of debates about China’s place in the world. Any changes in leadership will reflect differences in style, not substance. [Read more]( [Secure your copy of PS Quarterly: Forsaken Futures. Subscribe to PS Premium 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. 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](.