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Economics
Emerging markets face tough financial challenges
Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?
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Technology
Technology on a leash
By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem
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Politics
Politics should focus more on the Good Life
How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?
2
min
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Economics
The rise of CBDCs
Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.
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min
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Politics
What is Russia's view on climate change?
Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.
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min
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Politics
The energy transition is not a hobby
With the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, we have to face the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels poses a structural problem.
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min
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Politics
Autocracy and the End of History
Is the ideological confrontation between the liberal-democratic and autocratic world order on its way to becoming the global political issue of our century?
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Society
Russian digitalization through a Cosmist lens
To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.
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Economics
Russia’s strategic exploitation of the Arctic
A long-standing resource-dependent economy, a melting Arctic, and technical capabilities have thrown the Arctic into the spotlight for Russia’s upcoming economic strategy.
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Technology
A cultural cluster bomb
What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?
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min
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Society
According to the IPCC, we are failing
The IPCC urges us to rethink our climate adaptation and mitigation plans. Can we still be on time to stop the climate from changing?
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Technology
Dominating the first TikTok war
How the selfie-president and TikTok videos are helping Ukraine dominate social media
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Economics
Who pays the price for a resilient economy?
Europe is trying to develop a resilient economy that is less reliant on others. Yet, are we willing to the pay the price for our independence?
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Society
How will the pandemic affect the future of edtech?
The pandemic has ensured the implementation of edtech in school systems. Will pedagogical or technological aspects be prioritized?
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Economics
The chemical industry is out of control
We have no idea about the long-term impacts of chemical production on our planet. Is it time for a 'guilty until proven innocent' approach?
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Society
The developing intrinsic value of nature
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Politics
The sour aftertaste of the Glasgow COP26
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Society
Feel-good philanthropy
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Society
Stimulating sustainable consumer practices
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Economics
The greening of green financial products
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Technology
Will the metaverse be a “pornoverse”?
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Politics
How a decline in trust can be a driver for new political leadership
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Politics
AUKUS and the return of geopolitics
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Society
What to think of the Corona Pass?
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Politics
The ‘Wechselstimmung’ after Merkel
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Politics
The traffic light turns green for German digitalization
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Economics
China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?
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Politics
The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right
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Society
Climate litigation and civil society
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Society
What would a sufficiently sustainable ordinary life look like?
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min
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Economics
Emerging markets face tough financial challenges
Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?
1
min
·
Technology
Technology on a leash
By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem
2
min
·
Politics
Politics should focus more on the Good Life
How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?
2
min
·
Economics
The rise of CBDCs
Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.
2
min
·
Politics
What is Russia's view on climate change?
Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.
2
min
·
Politics
The energy transition is not a hobby
With the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, we have to face the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels poses a structural problem.
1
min
·
Politics
Autocracy and the End of History
Is the ideological confrontation between the liberal-democratic and autocratic world order on its way to becoming the global political issue of our century?
3
min
·
Society
Russian digitalization through a Cosmist lens
To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.
4
min
·
Economics
Russia’s strategic exploitation of the Arctic
A long-standing resource-dependent economy, a melting Arctic, and technical capabilities have thrown the Arctic into the spotlight for Russia’s upcoming economic strategy.
1
min
·
Technology
A cultural cluster bomb
What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?
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