AUTHOR
Jeffrey D. Sachs
23 ARTICLES
Professor at Columbia University, is Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has served as adviser to three UN Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres.
US at 250: A time to return to the founders’ wisdom
On Saturday, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. The occasion deserves reflection — not only on what the...
Ending the Trump-Netanyahu War in the Middle East
If not stopped soon, this war could easily turn into a global conflagration, effectively into World War III. The Israel-US war on Iran is engulfing...
No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
Distinguished Members of the Security Council, The President of the United States is issuing grave threats of force against the Islamic Republic of Iran if it...
An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz: Security is indivisible — and history matters
Chancellor Merz, You have spoken repeatedly of Germany’s responsibility for European security. That responsibility cannot be discharged through slogans, selective memory, or the steady normalization...
Stop Netanyahu before he gets us all killed
We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation. For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime...
Jeffrey D. Sachs interview with Pascal Lottaz
Professor Lottaz's summary on June 10, 2025 - War for War's Sake Three years into the Ukraine War, the West is stuck in a loop...
Negotiating a lasting peace in Ukraine
The time has arrived for diplomacy that brings collective security to Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. There should be little doubt about how a lasting peace...
How the US and Israel destroyed Syria and called it peace
American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars...
The BRICS Summit should mark the end of Neocon delusions
Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit...
Beyond hegemony – a new international order under the UN Charter
We are at a new phase of human history because of the confluence of three interrelated trends. First, and most pivotal, the Western-led world system,...
