The virus war with China
So is the pandemic (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) the cause or the consequence of the geopolitical clash between the US and China?
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Russian bots: plenty of interference, but little influence?
Ultimately, Russian, Chinese and other bots may lead to a good deal of meddling and interference, but little in the way of real political influence.
General assured weakness: a world with less power
Although it is also a relative phenomenon, in absolute terms there is less power –and more poverty– in the world today; general weakness is assured.
Infodemic and mediademic
Amid the coronavirus crisis there is also an overload of information, something that the Director General of the WHOdescribed as an 'infodemic'.
The deglobalisation virus
It is not that COVID-19 virus has put in train a process of deglobalisation. This originated in the reactions to the 2008 crisis and what came in its wake.
Europe’s ‘sovereignty fever’
‘European sovereignty’ has become the new watchword and new aspiration of certain prominent EU leaders. But it is necessary to learn to think about it.
Domestic politics / foreign policy
Foreign policy and domestic politics are intimately linked. Spain has a great deal at stake in this two-way relationship between the domestic and foreign.
A Saudi G20: the global projection of domestic reforms
The Saudis take over the presidency of the G20 in 2020, something the government wants to use to draw its reforms to the world’s attention.
The emptying Europe
Alarm bells are ringing virtually across Europe: populations are in precipitous decline, both in the Eastern countries of the EU and in the west.
The decade of disillusion
The decade that has just ended, the 2010s, was marked by the crisis that began in 2007-08, accompanied by the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
From Brexit to Great Singapore in Europe
In the wake of Boris Johnson’s resounding victory in the British election, Brexit looks set to happen on the date envisaged and on the terms agreed.
Hamilton: from impeachment to Broadway and back
The US had some wise founding fathers. Prominent among them was Alexander Hamilton who did become the first Secretary of the Treasury.