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Asia’s financial catch-up
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South Africa’s new dawn
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America’s renewed friendship with Saudi Arabia
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Is Wikipedia the Red Cross of the Infocalypse?
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Big Tech and the healthcare system
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China’s regional capitals
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Uncovering the mystery of sleep
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The U.S. trade war and the Asia-Pacific region
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Safety or privacy?
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Never waste a good waste crisis
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The rise of digital conglomerates
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Eco-conscious apparel is next in line to become hip
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A solid but sober EU
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The future of social media
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Are tech companies the next SIFI’s?
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When fake becomes the new normal
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Beyond stereotypes of social class
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VR: a disruptive tool for changing behavior
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Imagining an African renaissance
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Italy’s new old politics
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Mapping economic complexity
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The return of hermeneutics
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The decline of face value
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Educating vital skills for the future
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Hegemonic Shift in 2017
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Maritime Arabia
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An Indo-Japanese partnership
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Generational amnesia
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Olympic hangovers
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Making America a 20th-century economy again?
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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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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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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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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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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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A cultural cluster bomb
What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?
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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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Dominating the first TikTok war
How the selfie-president and TikTok videos are helping Ukraine dominate social media
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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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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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