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The Istanbul Perspective: A Time for Monsters and Middle Powers
We live in transitional times. "The old is dead and the new cannot be born—this is the time of monsters," Antonio Gramsci famously wrote. But today, …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
From Carney to Epstein: Orderers vs Disorderers in our Age of Upheaval
For Jason Pack, presenter of the Disorder podcast, the person of the year for 2025 was the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney. But for 2026, Pack p…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The China Paradox: Chris Schroeder on what America is Missing
According to the German Marshall Fund chair Chris Schroeder, China both goes to bed and wakes up thinking of China rather than America. How does the …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
That Was The Year in Tech: When Nothing Happened (except Everything, Everywhere, All at Once)
That was the year in tech. When nothing and yet everything happened. A year betwixt and between, simultaneously revolutionary and uneventful. That's …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Morbid Symptoms Abundant: The Demolition of Pax Americana
For all the talk of abundance, what’s really abundant these days are the morbid symptoms of a dying international system. According to Georgetown’s C…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
From Munich to Mar-a-Lago: Is Trump Appeasing Putin in Ukraine?
Lots of headlines today about "peace" negotiations in Ukraine. But does Putin really want to end the war — and is Trump able and willing to broker a …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Americans Actually Dislike Each Other: The Unsavory Truth Behind the Data
What’s the data behind the data? According to data scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy, America-by-the-numbers doesn’t always add up to a pretty picture. Tak…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Cracked, Jagged and Leaderless: The World is No Longer Flat
Did 2025 mark the formal end of the neoliberal age? Gary Gerstle, author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, has already written neoliberal…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
2025: The AI Year Scripted by Gary Marcus in 2024
Gary Marcus claims to just be an AI “realist”. Some would describe the controversial AI sceptic otherwise. But whatever his moniker, Marcus’ warnings…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Justice is Round: Mussolini Couldn't Woo the World Cup, Neither Will Trump
Could Trump woo the upcoming 2026 World Cup and subvert the world’s most beloved sport for his own ugly ends? Not according to Simon Kuper, the Anglo…
9 months, 3 weeks ago