Kuala Lumpur: Co-founder and vice-president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Nurul Izzah Anwar, has been listed among 30 global influential voices on Project Syndicate’s Forward Thinkers List.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Project Syndicate, a global non-profit media organisation, stated on their website that the list aims to recognise and spotlight emerging intellectual innovators among academia, policymaking, civil society, and the private sector. These individuals address a multitude of critical issues, ranging from climate change and geopolitics to the future of capitalism and the health of liberal democracy.

The organisation highlighted that each participant is a leader in their field, with insights that are expected to shape public discourse within their respective countries and have a growing impact on the global stage in the coming years. The list also includes other notable figures such as Marina Halac, Professor of Economics at Yale University; Oleg Itskhoki, Professor of Economics at Harvard University; and Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy of Government at the University of Oxford.

According to the media organisation, the list’s final selection was carefully chosen by its editors with the aim of showcasing voices they believe would help shape and illuminate political debates in the future. Project Syndicate, which began in the early 1990s, provides and distributes commentary and analysis on a wide range of international issues and reportedly published 16,904 commentaries globally in 2024.