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The not-so-bright future after the pandemic

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Building national character based on trauma

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The European deep transition strategy

The EU is leveraging the “Brussels Effect” to establish the metarules of the Second Deep Transition.

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The 'Brussels effect' on digital legislation

Europe is reinventing its digital Stack by taking the lead in legislation implementation

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Trump is making opposition media great (the platform becomes the bubble)

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The future of Trumpism

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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech

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Are we sharing enough data?

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The not-so United States of America

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Food nationalism

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Wicked dilemmas and political decision-making

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Could Europe fix the internet?

Europe aims to restore competitiveness and sovereignty in the digital realm through policies on data-sharing, AI, and open internet.

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In the back end of our cities

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Scenario thinking: embracing uncertainty

Will we soon let go of traditional forecasting in favor of multi-dimensional scenario thinking?

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Pan-Africanism today

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Limits to facial recognition

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The European Green Deal

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The European Stack is taking shape

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Worker rights, a new frontier for reducing U.S. inequality?

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Healthcare in the 2020 U.S. elections

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The French Renaissance

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Will China become a sustainability leader?

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Libra’s next hurdle: financial regulators and governments

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Will the U.S. see a tidal wave of environmental regulations after 2020?

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Why is Maduro still in power in Venezuela?

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The codification of public policy

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Rocky road ahead for Europe despite disappointment by populists

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The carbon capture era

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A democratic boost for Asia’s next growth engines

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Whistleblower platforms in the wake of Wikileaks’ demise

Is science to blame for post-truth politics?

How the left contributed to the deconstruction of truth

The European elections and the next five years

What themes will drive European political discourse?

We need to think about the constitution of the EU (part I)

And Luuk van Middelaar’s study of European discourses helps us structure the debate

We need to think about the constitution of the EU (part II)

And Luuk van Middelaar’s study of European spheres helps us structure the debate

Urban greening should focus on equity, not nature

The external valuation of nature in city planning could withhold green areas from becoming accessible to all

Learning to waste

All manufacturing produces waste, even the clean energy industry. Critical clean energy technologies – EV batteries, solar panels, wind turbine blades – lead to a massive problem with waste management

Are weapons still a sin stock?

Changes in narratives, economic structures and the nature of technology could be altering the status of defense stock.

Rediscovering the collective dimension of freedom

How the classic political philosophy of liberalism can broaden our individualistic interpretation of freedom.

China’s not-so-responsive authoritarianism

What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics

EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?

We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.