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Muhammad Al Jasser calls for scaling up affordable development funding before vulnerable economies lose more ground. mrf.lu/22kJk

Freedom lies not in isolation, but in connection, Antara Haldar writes. Realizing that kind of freedom requires a rediscovery of what the Adam Smith of the Theory of Moral Sentiments never abandoned: fellow-feeling. bit.ly/44evYz3

If EU countries fail to coordinate defense investment, they will merely perpetuate the fragmented, outdated defense system that has left them dependent on the US for more than 70 years, warn Marco Buti and @FrancescoNicoli. bit.ly/4eWJfBn

Daniel Driscoll warns that the Trump administration’s grim determination to ignore clean energy will undercut consumption. project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-…

Yasuto Watanabe urges policymakers to treat oil-price volatility as the new normal and prepare accordingly. project-syndicate.org/commentary/asi…

Deep Dive: Oligarchy examines how a few individuals amassed unprecedented wealth—and how they are using it to destroy democracy. Still to come: Quinn Slobodian, @EBHarrington, @mikemadowitz, @crisberechet, and Ann Pettifor. Sign up for the Deep Dives newsletter, available exclusively to subscribers, to receive the full text of each entry as soon as it is published. #PSDeepDives bit.ly/4fcrizU

Among the biggest global economic shocks of the postwar era, none really compares to the persistent effect of Chinese mercantilism over the past few decades, @arvindsubraman writes. bit.ly/4feaB5V

Nouriel Roubini explains why 1970s-style oil-supply disruptions no longer generate 1970s-style economic and market effects. project-syndicate.org/commentary/oil…

Vitalice Meja argues that ongoing OECD reviews of donor countries' priorities are focusing on the wrong goals. project-syndicate.org/commentary/oec…

Ukraine has been fighting for democratization for over two decades, Ukrainska Pravda Editor-in-Chief Sevgil Musaieva reminded us at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit. A free press is vital to that goal. The ability of the Ukrainian media to criticize the government and shine a light on corruption, even in wartime, is proof that Ukraine’s leaders know that. Watch the discussion at the link: bit.ly/4f1HanL #PSEvents #PressFreedom #IndependentJournalism #Ukraine

.@AliKarimli urges the US and the EU to attach conditions relating to human rights to budding strategic partnerships. mrf.lu/2NJCL #Azerbaijan #HumanRights

Ukraine has been fighting for democratization for over two decades, @ukrpravda_news Editor-in-Chief @SMusaieva reminded us at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit. A free press is vital to that goal. The ability of the Ukrainian media to criticize the government and shine a light on corruption, even in wartime, is proof that Ukraine’s leaders know that. Watch the discussion at the link: bit.ly/4ye988r #PSEvents #PressFreedom #IndependentJournalism #Ukraine

Students who attended a 30-min workshop on organ donation were more than TWICE as likely to register as donors than those who didn't. By Maleke Fourati & @ChristinaSaraha for @ProSyn bit.ly/4dV4kwR

.@SSRoachUSChina laments that the government has paid little more than lip service to its greatest macroeconomic challenge. mrf.lu/221Jk

Active management of the third stage of labor can reduce severe postpartum hemorrhage by approximately 60-70%. This involves administering medicine that helps the womb contract after childbirth, at which point health-care workers can actively control the delivery of the placenta.

@KremlinRussia_E did not invade Ukraine to solve a security problem but to prove Russia remained a great power. That makes a negotiated settlement far less likely than many outside observers assume, writes @TheNewSchool’s Nina L. Khrushcheva. bit.ly/4wEBtTO

.@anapalacio proposes an AI governance framework that combines the flexibility of climate diplomacy with the discipline of nuclear control. bit.ly/3Ru7u22

All the clues suggest that Japan under @takaichi_sanae is heading in a similar direction as the UK under @trussliz, worries @AEI's Desmond Lachman. bit.ly/4pg6g6W

With their US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and the American Continental Congress innovated in two key respects that shaped later movements for secession, separation, and autonomy, @DavidRArmitage explains. bit.ly/4uL8FYl

Rwanda’s experience shows what is possible when sound economic management and strong institutions are coupled with innovative financing, write @yusuf_murangwa, @JUNAIDWBG, and @WorldBankAfrica’s Ndiamé Diop. bit.ly/3R6x0tX