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Exporting surveillance

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Many silk connections

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Urban agriculture

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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?

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The sleeping Asian Tiger

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Germany’s growing realpolitik

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A new generation of American social democrats

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Mexico charts a new course

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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The bigger picture economy

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The “good” consumer

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Arbitrary decisions

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Early celebrations in Turkey

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Emerging markets have their moment to shine

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Galactic hegemony

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Eurasian momentum

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What can the U.S. learn from European schools?

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Meaningful entertainment in the digital age

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Migration concentration

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Solar power nears terminal velocity

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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer

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Deep transitions

Will we consider abandoning hyper productivity in favor of sustainability and equality?

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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The selfish ledger

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Is Italy crossing the Rubicon?

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Dutch future welfare

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Schoolification

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Healthy infrastructure

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 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.

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.

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.

A cultural cluster bomb

What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?

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?

Dominating the first TikTok war

How the selfie-president and TikTok videos are helping Ukraine dominate social media

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?

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?