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The traffic light turns green for German digitalization

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China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?

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The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right

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Climate litigation and civil society

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What would a sufficiently sustainable ordinary life look like?

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A new narrative on climate change

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On the Chinese variety of capitalism

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How to deal with the medical uncertainty of Long COVID?

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India’s rise as a digital superpower

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On realizing we are not alone

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Judges break the unwritten rule of environmental agreements

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Winter is ending

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The G7 tax deal is all about American geo-economics

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We need more downward mobility

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The emergence of big tech mesh networks

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Lifestyle politics in the planetary age

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

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Hegemonic shift makes the European Super League inevitable

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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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Digital advertising in a post-cookie world

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Non-fungible tokens are all the rage

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Harvest now, decrypt later

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Will a post-corona era arrive in the coming years?

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The unique strength of Chinese business alliances

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Democratization of finance

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Crowdsourcing morality for autonomous systems

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Food security will have its moment on the world stage

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Vaccine diplomacy

Will generative AI favor the underdog?

The implications of generative AI for tech and talent

China’s not-so-responsive authoritarianism

What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics

The future of crypto is coming: what will it look like?

Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne

EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?

We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.

Can art and imagination spur climate action?

Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change

The short-lived revival of Keynes; welcome back, Hayek!

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

Is artificial intelligence smart enough to create a sustainable future?

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

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?

The planet as an emerging category

On living with – not on – the planet.

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...