Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Cryptocurrencies were always a solution looking for a problem. Running on top of a blockchain, they were supposedly a currency that was not manipulable by governments and whose value was therefore more secure.
Examining these actions through alternative perspectives could illuminate often-overlooked aspects of these communication blocks.
Divisions over a candidate for a multilateral post show that obstacles to cooperation still remain, even with more ideological alignment.
So far, Putin has seen none of his fondest dreams—Ukraine being overwhelmed by Russia, neutral countries distancing themselves from NATO, Eastern Europe becoming less democratic—come to fruition.
Two happy events of the past week occurred on opposite ends of the world, and yet are closely linked to one another. Francis Fukuyama on the U.S. midterm elections and the Ukrainian liberation of Kherson.
From the US to Brazil to India, deepening political polarisation is used as a frame through which to see a lot of 21st-century politics. But what can actually be done to depolarise deeply divided societies, particularly democracies?
A more disciplined demagogue would have succeeded in destroying Brazilian democracy.
Elon Musk claims that he wants to promote free speech on Twitter. But what happens when Egypt or India demands the takedown of certain content critical of their government?
Lula has campaigned on the promise to bring deforestation levels in the Amazon down to zero. The question is whether he can in fact deliver. Brazil has developed an addiction to deforestation. In order to break it, the incoming president will have to muster all the support he can find.
Large percentages of Americans are fantasizing about secession and cosplaying at warfare — but these fantasy worlds can become real. It is time to break this fever dream, and demand that politicians, friends, businesses and houses of worship come together against political violence.