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Biden crashes, Trump lies: A campaign-defining presidential debate
With four months to go until Election Day, the earliest-ever general election debate featured two presidents – one…
2024-06-29
AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
Like it or not, AI is already playing a role in the 2024 presidential election. kirstypargeter/iStock via Getty…
2024-03-19
Joe Biden Has Raised More Than Trump So Far – Here’s How US Election Fundraising Is Working Out
Paul Whiteley, University of Essex Americans spend mind-blowing amounts of money on their elections. According to the Federal…
2024-02-25
Trade War: What Is It & How Are We Affected?
A trade war is more than just getting companies like Huawei banned. Initiating a trade war can cause…
2019-06-06
Can We Establish Forms Of Home Ownership That Promote Empathy And Solidarity?
There are few forms of consumption that match the depth of feeling brought to homeownership. Political and cultural…
2019-05-24
How Cities Became The New Laboratories Of Democracy
The ascent of cities is real, though things may not be as rosy as some suggest. Everybody who…
2019-04-29
A Constitution Should Help A Country Govern, Not Hobble It
The United States and India, two of the world’s largest and oldest democracies, are both governed on the…
2019-03-19
10 Predictions For The Global Economy In 2019
The global economy started 2018 with strong, synchronized growth. But as the year progressed, momentum faded and growth…
2019-01-11
When The State Is Unjust, Citizens May Use Justifiable Violence
If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled…
2018-12-11
Could Blockchain Voting Fix Democracy?
There’s no shortage of debate about the role tech has played in politics. From misinformation being spread via…
2018-11-28
Why Politics Needs Hope (But No Longer Inspires It)
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the word ‘hope’ was ubiquitous in Western politics. While its use…
2018-08-14
What Hope For The Millennial Generation In Politics?
Millennials are confronted by political systems that don’t look like them, speak like them or address their core…
2018-08-03
We Need A New International Order. Here’s Why
Few global issues have taken on more current importance than the future of the postwar, rule-based international order.…
2018-06-22
Here’s How Data Could Make Our Cities Safer
Across Europe, fast-growing cities and city regions are increasingly confronted with urban violence from extremists seeking to further…
2018-06-04
Why Fascism Is So Tempting – And How Your Data Could Power It
In a profound talk about technology and power, author and historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the important difference…
2018-05-21
This Striking Feature Of Manila Makes It An Emblematic Global City
Tokyo, London, New York, Paris, Manila. Few would think of Manila atop a list of the 21st century’s…
2018-04-25
More Than Just Sanctuary, Migrants Need Social Citizenship
In 1975, the English author John Berger wrote about the political implications of immigration, at a time when…
2018-04-24
What People Get Wrong About Climate Change
When discussing climate change, it’s not about saving the planet. 195 countries just made a historic agreement to…
2018-04-24
How Is The United States Such A Powerful Superpower & Yet Americans Seem To Be So Stupid?
I mean, seriously, haven’t we all pondered this at one time or another – or just about every…
2018-04-23
Martin Luther King And The Battles That Outlived Him
50 years on, the three evils MLK talked about -racism, militarism and economic exploitation – still plagues the…
2018-04-06
The World’s Most Powerful Women 2017
Forbes has published its annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds…
2018-03-08
The Top 10 Kingmakers Who Shaped The Course Of History
The term “kingmaker” is used to describe a person of power and influence who plays a pivotal role…
2018-01-25
The Global Conflicts To Watch In 2018
“The U.S. is now the most unpredictable actor in the world today.” As conflicts ignite and burn and…
2017-12-13
Are You Sure Your City Is Better?
Our cities have now been named as the saving places of a planet in crisis. And yet we…
2017-07-31
Truths, Lies, Post-Truths, And Statistics. The Deception That Is.
In theory, statistics should help settle arguments. They ought to provide stable reference points that everyone – no…
2017-01-30
The 5 Kinds Of Cities We’ll See In The Populist Era
Will your city go into triage mode, double down on progressive policies, or flex its financial muscle? As…
2017-01-24
A Glimpse Into The Future Of City Halls?
Opulent clock towers, grand halls, building facades covered in splendour and stone. Looking at town halls of…
2015-05-23
Births And Rebirths Of Cities
I’m writing this from Belgrade – a city that, [13+] years ago, was the target of a NATO bombing…
2015-05-04
Paper People
I like people. I’d like some paper people. They’d be purple paper people. Maybe pop-up purple paper people.…
2015-03-17
What Government Can Learn From The Culture Of Apple
It’s not about simply delivering services more efficiently. It’s about passion, surprise and invisible opportunities. Apple has been…
2015-03-10
How To Build A Fairer City
Four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence…
2015-02-24
Weapons, Bribes, And Dictators: Where Architects Draw The Line
Zaha Hadid says it’s not her job to pay attention to how many migrant workers die in the…
2015-02-13