As statecraft proves less and less able to solve or even tackle global problems, it is time to turn to webcraft. Statecraft is the traditional world of diplomacy, treaties and internation...
How does research and innovation in Europe compare to the rest of the world? The Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU 2018 (SRIP) Report suggests that while the continen...
One can hardly go a day without hearing about a new study describing the far-reaching implications of advances in artificial intelligence. According to countless consultancies, think tank...
Market volatility has surged lately, apparently vindicating those who have warned of lofty equity valuations. But, even as the US stock market suffered one of its worst weeks since the fi...
Universities are amongst the world’s most enduring institutions. Clark Kerr, the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, once observed that of all the institutions tha...
Among financial journalists, the gallows-humor joke was that there wouldn't have been a crisis if we had "Lehman Sisters" instead of Lehman Brothers. And it's true, as writer Michael Lewi...
It’s a classic immigrant story: a young enterprising person leaves home in search of opportunity. She moves to a different country, finds a job, works hard and moves up the career ladder ...
Whether springing up in the U.S., Europe or Asia, populists are predictable. Immigrants and elites are usually the first to be targeted by these groups. Populists appeal to "true" citizen...
Many sessions at Davos this year have observed the same frightening fact: the past several years have seen a surge in state and non-state violence, threatening people’s lives and contribu...
In just half a century, plastic has moved from being a symbol of modern domestic bliss to a magnet for derogatory adjectives. As eight million tons of it enter the ocean each year, there ...
It is easy to dismiss Davos as nothing more than a talkfest among greedy CEOs, cheerful philanthropists and photogenic celebrity activists. Yet this narrative – which is annually recited ...
Soon, one third of humanity will live in a slum. Our cities are at breaking point. Over 90% of urbanisation this century will be due to the growth of slums. By the end of this century, th...
Over the past several years, we have witnessed a growing decline in the trust people place in institutions and experts. Universities and scientists, among others, no longer command the re...
There are many hopeful signs that the world is getting serious about climate change. The One Planet Summit in Paris in December confirmed unprecedented government and private sector suppo...
Big numbers can drive change, so here’s a huge one: 800,000. That’s how many years it’s been since Earth’s atmosphere was as loaded with carbon dioxide as it is now. The steep rise in thi...
