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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

How a decline in trust can be a driver for new political leadership

The ‘Wechselstimmung’ after Merkel

The traffic light turns green for German digitalization

China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?

The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right

Climate litigation and civil society

On the Chinese variety of capitalism

Judges break the unwritten rule of environmental agreements

Lifestyle politics in the planetary age

Elon Musk – What does his popularity tell us about 21st century leadership?