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Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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A multipolar military world

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Solar power nears terminal velocity

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Fewer staff, more data

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Migration concentration

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Narrative of Big Tech

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Meaningful entertainment in the digital age

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

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One grid to rule them all

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Eurasian momentum

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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy

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Galactic hegemony

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Emerging markets have their moment to shine

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Early celebrations in Turkey

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Personalized competence-based learning

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A tale of two Indias

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Arbitrary decisions

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The “good” consumer

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China’s financial reform

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The bigger picture economy

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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Mexico charts a new course

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A new generation of American social democrats

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Technological momentum

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Germany’s growing realpolitik

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The intelligence of AI

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The sleeping Asian Tiger

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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?

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Human’s intangible stock of capital

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...

Vibegeist: rave until the grave

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.