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Stories by José Manuel Barroso for Project Syndicate

Published:Wednesday | June 25, 2025 | 5:28 AMJosé Manuel Barroso for Project Syndicate

GENEVA : We live in a world that seems increasingly fractured and prone to conflict. But experience in both the public and private sectors has taught me that periods of geopolitical unrest are precisely the moments when we should take a step back...

Published:Tuesday | September 27, 2022 | 10:57 PMJosé Manuel Barroso for Project Syndicate

GENEVA : After two and a half years of lockdowns, quarantines, and mask mandates, billions of people around the world have returned to their normal lives. But in many ways, this newfound sense of post-pandemic normality is misleading. Beating COVID...

Published:Tuesday | January 25, 2022 | 9:51 PMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, José Manuel Barroso for Project Syndicate

GENEVA: Two years into the worst pandemic in a century, it is tempting to think that the world is stuck in a time warp, unable to shake off a virus that has so far killed more than 5.5 million people and wrecked countless livelihoods. But the truth...

Published:Tuesday | November 2, 2021 | 3:08 PMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, José Manuel Barroso for Project Syndicate

BRUSSELS: The COVID-19 pandemic has instilled many harsh lessons. But the most important is that infectious-disease outbreaks pose a risk not just to public health but also to global security. Like nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and climate...

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