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Yemen leads the list of the most fragile nations, with the U.S. and U.K. among the “most worsened.”
Is Juche an ideology, a scam, or a very strange religion?
Don’t denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.
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Is it the key to understanding why North Korea acts like it does, or an elaborate sham?
Modern capitalism is a “very silly” way of organizing life, says Yanis Varoufakis.
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The recent debate between Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson lived up to the hype.
One of the world’s deadliest diseases, malaria takes the life of a child every two minutes.
What does this mean for economies?
Policy advisor Simon Anholt believes the question we should ask is, which country is the “goodest”?
Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.
Can 6,500 mercenaries “fix” Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare.
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Finland’s educational system was driven by a culture that supports a strong social contract, one the United States currently lacks.
The 21st century is experiencing an Asianization of politics, business, and culture.
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The Kremlin has been eying China for a very long time.
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More vaccine-autism facts for the fact-averse.
Surprise, surprise: The U.S. isn’t even close to the top of the list.
…and hopes for big benefits.
Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It’s already here.
To cite an anonymous source, a media outlet must first enjoy a high level of credibility.
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A growing middle-class is set to drive the sharing economy in the near future.
Hollywood’s notions of future wars may be nothing like the real ones.
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Philosophers and practical ethicists might gain something from considering the Overton window of political possibilities.
Rwanda is pioneering the regulation and use of drones – such as delivering blood
The history of the Geneva Conventions tells us how the international community draws the line on brutality.
Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.
When a country’s educated or entrepreneurial citizens leave all at once, the phenomenon is called “human capital flight” or “brain drain”.
Following World War I, President Woodrow Wilson nearly died trying to ensure world peace.
Superpowers team up to heat up the ionosphere by over 200 degrees.
Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.
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