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Vaccine diplomacy
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Does the future belong to Keynes and Mazzucato?
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How do we distil a good narrative from 2020?
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Biden’s America on the world stage
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The Retroscope 2020
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Transatlantic troubles
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The sound and cost of silence
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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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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge
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The coronavirus is creating momentum for fiscal diet policy
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Our image of Chinese power
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Trump is making opposition media great (the platform becomes the bubble)
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Carbon border tax
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The future of Trumpism
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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech
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The geopolitics of rare earth metals
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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy
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Are we sharing enough data?
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Who do we trust in the Stack war?
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The not-so United States of America
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The sterile human and the biomedical disease model
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Human death as a boost for the use of ecological materials
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The outdoor economy
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Hollywood paves the way for diversity and representation
Will old mistakes continue to be made?
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The future of monetary policy and central banks
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The new power of technical standards
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Blurring boundaries with mixed reality toys
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The long hegemony of currency
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Is the meme culture causing an increase in widespread stereotypes?
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American soft power is under pressure
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A beginner's guide to the metaverse
Both praised and feared by many, the 'promises' of the metaverse are highly contentious. Sebastiaan Crul aims to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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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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Resisting the green gold
Deconstructing my purchasing choices: why is it so hard to change behavior?
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How the cyborg deconstructed the modern worldview
The evolution of the cyborg in science and popular culture
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Religion and spirituality after the death of God
Secularism could lead to moral and spiritual nihilism that Nietzsche and Dostoevsky warn of. What are the socio-cultural consequences of this?
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Can digital technology save humanity?
How the Digital Revolution will change the rules of the game
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