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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

Hungary’s continued development toward autocracy prompts challenges for the EU

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

A new dawn for nationalist parties?

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...

The return of industrial policy

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

AI regulations may see a Beijing effect

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

Globalization can still be a force for good

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

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?

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.

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?

The sour aftertaste of the Glasgow COP26

Stimulating sustainable consumer practices