The Old Man and the South China Sea
China’s overextension into disputed waters has more implications than just a few lost ships. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a…
Ethics for Everyone: We Are the World?
Have you ever dreamt of world peace ? In the likely event that you did, you surely pictured a world not only rid of wars,…
We Were Never Taught How to Deal with Our Mistakes
To err is human, but we must also learn how to deal with those mistakes. The Cantonese term for the Hong Kong Correctional Services (CSD…
Balancing the Narrative: the Hong Kong protests from a mainlander’s perspective
As the world rang in a new decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping took to state media in his New Year’s address, praising China’s domestic achievements…
Are we too many?
When discussing the rapid growth of the world population, it’s not uncommon to bump into the Malthusian question: “Are we too many?”. As for many…
Turn the lights on Maurizio
At this year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most anticipated, prominent and “coolest” contemporary art fairs worldwide – taking place at…
The Greek drama, prospects and lessons. An interview with Miranda Xafa
Last year Greece finally emerged from the Third Memorandum of Understanding. The country went through one of the worst debt crises in Europe’s history and…
Unhappiness and migration: is the French dystopia contagious?
Pierre Repp “Pour être heureux, soyons pessimiste” | Archive INA As suggested by Pierre Repp, pessimism would be part of the French patrimony. …
The Evolution of Online Campaigning in the US Elections – What’s next in 2020?
The last three US elections have witnessed the abrupt establishment of technological innovation in political campaigning that has reshaped ordinary practices in this field worldwide….
Digital desert
At the 2019 GovTech Forum in Paris, the Norwegian Minister of Digitalisation reported that he had just learned that 98 percent of Norwegian cows are…
Will we lose our jobs to robots?
In recent years there has been a great discussion on the fourth industrial revolution and whether it will bring a massive wave of job destruction…
The case for a carbon Tax
Policy makers and business leaders are meeting up for the next two weeks in Madrid at the COP25 to discuss how to reach the goal…
The end of the era of bad economist plumbers?
The Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, increased the number of Americans with an insurance coverage. However, there is a perceived growing disillusionment with this policy, which…
Inside the Hong Kong Protests
DISCLAIMER: Considering the fluidity and heterogeneity of the movements that were birthed from an initially united demand over the withdrawal of an extradition bill this June, my…
Why you should care about the Bougainville Referendum
W hat’s the news? You might consider this question a tad too colloquial, but I’m genuinely posing it at face value: what exactly is “the…
