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What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics

Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne

Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change

Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?

Despite a hefty ecological footprint of its own, digital technology has the potential to contribute to a more sustainable future.

How will having an “electoral autocracy” in their midst affect the EU's solidarity during crises and its normative power abroad?

On living with – not on – the planet.

For many, the brutal geopolitical awakening caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China threatening to invade Taiwan means freedom is back on the political agenda...

Issuing appeals for hundreds of millions in emergency funding to help victims of climate change might soon be a standard procedure.

In the past few months, creative AI systems such as DALL-E and Midjourney have taken the internet by storm with their “artistic” creations.

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

Escalating tensions in Taiwan and Ukraine are pressuring the world to choose an alignment, yet many nations refuse to choose sides.

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

The Dutch government is rethinking industrial policy—more coordination is on the horizon.

Is Europe too late to cause a Brussels effect on AI technology?

A general narrative is emerging that international trade and cooperation are on the decline. Is it accurate?

Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.

Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?

Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?

Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?

By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem

How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?

Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.

Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.

With the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, we have to face the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels poses a structural problem.

Is the ideological confrontation between the liberal-democratic and autocratic world order on its way to becoming the global political issue of our century?

To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.