Carl Bildt: Post-Putin Possibilities

with Jayati Ghosh, Jeffrey Frankel, Joschka Fischer, and more The Sunday Newsletter [View this message in a web browser]( [PS on Sunday]( JANUARY 22, 2023 This week at [Project Syndicate]( Nouriel Roubini compares our current age of megathreats to the tragic 30-year period between 1914 and 1945; Yuen Yuen Ang explains why putting the Chinese economy on the right track will require more than just a reversal of Xi Jinping's recent policy mistakes; Carl Bildt predicts that Vladimir Putin's days are numbered; and more. Economics & Finance [Sleepwalking on Megathreat Mountain]( [Nouriel Roubini]( thinks the Davos crowd has yet to awaken to the confluence of cataclysmic risks the world is facing. Politics & World Affairs [Is China Back?]( [Yuen Yuen Ang]( thinks the success of post-COVID economic reopening will prove short-lived without political reforms. [PS Longer Reads: What Drives Innovation?]( [What Drives Innovation?]( [William H. Janeway]( shows that since the dawn of industrialization, the state has been the prime mover behind technological progress. Politics & World Affairs [Post-Putin Possibilities]( [Carl Bildt]( doubts that the Russian leader's ultra-centralized, top-down regime can survive the war he started. Innovation & Technology [Human Values for Artificial Intelligence]( [Ana Palacio]( calls for a cooperative approach to regulating a potentially dangerous technology before it is too late. [PS. Subscribe now to secure your copy of PS Quarterly: The Year Ahead 2023]( Economics & Finance [Davos Man Must Pay]( [Jayati Ghosh]( calls on participants of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting to support raising taxes on the super-rich.. Economics & Finance [Why This Debt-Ceiling Fight Is Different]( [Jeffrey Frankel]( warns that the current partisan standoff in Washington may not end with a last-minute compromise. [PS Big Picture: A Global Debt Explosion?]( [A Global Debt Explosion?]( [Nouriel Roubini]( [Kenneth Rogoff]( [Anne O. Krueger]( and more examine soaring debt risks in developed and developing economies. Economics & Finance [Egypt’s Economic Crisis Is a Golden Opportunity]( [Rabah Arezki]( thinks the country’s aid program represents a chance to implement much-needed structural reforms. Politics & World Affairs [Russian Aggression Is Undermining Populism]( [Sławomir Sierakowski]( says the Ukraine war is forcing the Kremlin’s Western sympathizers to choose moderation or face marginalization. [PS Quarterly: What Climate Change Requires of Economics]( [What Climate Change Requires of Economics]( [Daron Acemoglu]( identifies two main areas where the discipline will need to rethink longstanding assumptions and models. Politics & World Affairs [Europe Transformed]( [Joschka Fischer]( considers how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reset the European Union's strategic priorities. Smart Development [Breathing Life Back into COVID Prevention]( [William A. Haseltine]( calls attention to an effective but widely neglected pathogen-control strategy. [PS. Sign up to our On Point newsletter for the latest subscriber-exclusive content.]( 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.org](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](