The world economy in 2018
The world economy seems to be rebounding definitively from the Great Recession, but many and varied risks still threaten consolidation of the recovery in 2018.
Technology and economics
A global Cold War over Artificial Intelligence
There is a race, essentially between China, the US and Europe, to acquire new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will determine economic (and military) dominion in the not too-distant future.
The EU’s global normative influence
The EU is proving to have a capacity for global influence on normative issues. Its internal regulations are in some cases being adopted beyond its borders.
Disinformation campaigns: the weakness caused by mistrust
The debate about post-truth, disinformation, fake news and manipulation favours the manipulators. Mistrust cannot simply be offset by more information.
Editing the genome requires global governance
Regulating and controlling the editing of the human genome (CRISPR-Cas9 system) must also form part of global governance.
100 years after the Russian Revolution: central planning with big data?
One hundred years down the line, the dystopia of central planning and total control cannot be written off as extinct. Will they be reborn under big data?
India’s brutal demonetisation was not so bad after all
Following the decision to remove 86% of hard currency from circulation on 8 November, India is hauling itself out of this quagmire of demonetisation.
Facebook’s new and unsettling mission: building a global community
In a 5,800-word declaration, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook aspired ‘to build the social infrastructure for a global community’.
Trump on trade: from populism to policy
The future of the global trade regime depends on educating Trump and his supporters that free trade is an opportunity, not a risk.
16 - 22 of 27 pages