Futures Studies
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Washington Runs on Interns
By Robbie Gramer, Anna Weber There was a point in the spring of 2016 when Carlos Mark Vera reached his limit. Like…
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Arab Ranking in Global Indices and Its Projected Impacts
Introduction One of the problems of evaluating the achievements of any country, political region, or international organization, is the defining…
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Basic Principles and Future of Democracy
The term democracy is derived from the Greek word demos and kratos, the former meaning ‘the people’ and the latter…
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Belt and Road Meets Build Back Better
Last week marked senior Biden administration officials’ first visits to developing countries to scout potential investments in infrastructure projects.
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After Merkel
In june a newly surfaced segment of a German talk show from 1997 set the internet alight. The clip shows Angela…
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The image of the new Taliban.. A discourse to change or to maneuver?
20 years after the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the movement has returned to seize control of the…
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American Surrender and Regional Acceptance After Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan
Ousted Afghan president Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan on August 15th when the Taliban reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul.
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Gérard Araud on Europe stepping forward as the United States backs away
ON AUGUST 31ST, President Joe Biden told Americans that he took full responsibility for both the decision to withdraw American…
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How 9/11 Will Be Remembered a Century Later
How will 9/11 be remembered on its hundredth anniversary? Will it be seen as a dramatic but ultimately minor tragedy…
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Where is Mali going? Evolution scenarios
The main determinant of these scenarios was the mode of governance in Bamako and in the regions that eventually became…
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The Importance of Collective Intelligence in a Sustainable Future
Why is this true? I take my support for this from Joseph Tainter’s argument in The Collapse of Complex Societies. For…
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