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The Politics of Fear: Uruapan and the Unravelling of the Mexican State
Political assassinations have long punctuated Mexico’s democratic trajectory, often surfacing at moments when institutional fragility becomes impossible to ignore. The murder of Uruapan’s mayor...
Made in Ukraine: The Long-Range Systems Turning the Tables
Ukraine recently targeted Russia's port of Novorossiysk, halting oil exports with its Long Neptune missile. This missile is part of a new set of...
Taiwan — The Endgame After All International Conflicts?
As the world moves into the final weeks of 2025, the global landscape looks markedly different from that of 2024. Over the past year,...
Why We Need an AI Tax in This Age of Job Displacement
Authors: Kung Chan and Chen Li*
In the fall and winter of 2025, a wave of global layoffs driven by artificial intelligence (AI) quietly intensified....
Calamity, Truth and Silence: America and World-System Chaos
“At the beginning of the pestilence and when it ends, there’s always a propensity for rhetoric…It is only in the thick of a calamity...
Fallout From UK Budget Grows
Confusing messages about Britain's budget are damaging the government's credibility, according to investors, businesses, and think tanks. Bond prices fell after finance minister Rachel...
Beyond NVIDIA’s Hype: Europe’s Role in Shaping AI for Humanity
“China will win the AI race against America,” says Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's chief. His words should be Europe's wake-up call. As the two superpowers...
Why the New START Extension May Not Work
Amid speculations about the fate of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and the inevitable arms race linked to its failure, Russian President...
The Architects of Intelligence: Vision, Ethics, and the Aha Moments that Shaped AI
2025. The air in the hall hummed with an unusual kind of anticipation—not the applause-and-lights kind, but rather the quiet, electric awareness that something...
“The Greatest Affair of State”: Managing Risks of Nuclear Warfare
“Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the way to survival or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered...