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Biden’s America on the world stage
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How do we distil a good narrative from 2020?
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Does the future belong to Keynes and Mazzucato?
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Vaccine diplomacy
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Food security will have its moment on the world stage
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The Retroscope 2020
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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge
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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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The sound and cost of silence
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Transatlantic troubles
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Our image of Chinese power
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The coronavirus is creating momentum for fiscal diet policy
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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech
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The future of Trumpism
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Carbon border tax
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Trump is making opposition media great (the platform becomes the bubble)
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Are we sharing enough data?
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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy
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The geopolitics of rare earth metals
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Human death as a boost for the use of ecological materials
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The sterile human and the biomedical disease model
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The not-so United States of America
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Who do we trust in the Stack war?
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The new power of technical standards
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The future of monetary policy and central banks
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Hollywood paves the way for diversity and representation
Will old mistakes continue to be made?
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The outdoor economy
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American soft power is under pressure
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Is the meme culture causing an increase in widespread stereotypes?
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The long hegemony of currency
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How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair
What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread
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Is AI still artificial?
Definitions are becoming obsolete as tech and science blur the boundaries between the natural and the artificial
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Will generative AI favor the underdog?
The implications of generative AI for tech and talent
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The future of crypto is coming: what will it look like?
Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne
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China’s not-so-responsive authoritarianism
What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics
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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.
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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?
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Can art and imagination spur climate action?
Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change
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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.
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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?
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