This year’s big Oscar-winner indicates that the U.S. and China are two sides of the same coin.
Biden: Appeasing Putin?
Putin’s little PR bluster games shows how much Russia has declined in the global league tables of geopolitical relevance. Why Joe Biden won’t take Putin’s bait.
Of Borders and Metaphors
How the U.S. handles the U.S.-Mexican border will say much about its character as a nation.
Reining in Facebook and Google: A Common Transatlantic Project
Big Tech media present a serious challenge for Western democracies. Tackling them is a worthy mission for the Biden Administration and the EU to work on jointly.
Myanmar and the Oppressive Side of the Digital Revolution
Surveillance technology devices from the West and the East have become essential tools for seeing through a coup d’état in the digital age.
Putin and Erdogan: Two Men Race to the Bottom
Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression.
US and India: Stop Your Uncivil Wars at Home!
Democracies are only as healthy as their institutions: A conversation with Gurcharan Das.
Donald Trump: Dreaming of King James II’s Court in Exile?
Will the 45th U.S. President live out his remaining years in a comfortable palace, surrounded by fawning courtiers who pledge obedience to him as their rightful leader?
Putin and the Slow-Burn US Civil War
An overly lengthy transition period can be highly destabilizing even in the U.S. — a nation that deems itself a mature democracy.
Moderation After a Divisive Election: Lessons from Britain´s 18th Century
During the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714), Britain was as divided along partisan cultural lines as the United States is today. That history offers hope to Americans.