Research leads to advocating a regulatory model that is both adaptable and tailored to specific contexts COMMENT | S. ALEX YANG & ANGELA HUYUE ZHANG | The impending rollout of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act represents the bloc’s latest attempt to cement its status as a regulatory powerhouse. This ambitious …
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COMMENT | BY JAMES MUBIRU | The new year is a few months in. You’ve probably looked up and down your resolution list and aren’t happy with yourself. You feel incompetent. You feel cheated! 60 days are gone, and those abs are not here yet; and you have no contribution …
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Senegalese ask President Macky Sall: Dialogue for whom, with whom and about what? COMMENT | MAMADOU NDAO | There is a right time for everything, including dialogue, which is what President Macky Sall is calling for. A short time before the start of the electoral campaign, he has chosen to …
Read More »The polycrisis industrial complex
When politicians compete to promise `security’ in the face of new crises that are feeding on one another COMMENT | DAVID KEEN & RUBEN ANDERSSON | In Constantine Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians,” the much-feared barbarians never turn up. “Now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?” the poem …
Read More »COMMENT: Europe and the world need Ukraine to prevail
DMYTRO KULEBA | PROJECT SYNDICATE | February 24, 2022, when Russia marched hundreds of thousands of troops into Ukraine, marked the beginning of a major geopolitical earthquake. For two years, Europe has been living with the grim reality of the continent’s largest war of aggression since World War II, and with …
Read More »Do feminists have better sex?
Contrary to toxic myths and cliché, feminist women are enjoying pleasurable sex lives COMMENT | TINA FETNER | You might’ve heard the stereotype that feminists are just angry women who need to find a man who can satisfy them sexually. It is an old trope that has been with us since …
Read More »If Trump wins, so will China
For the liberal-democratic order to endure, Western countries must defend the principles of their success COMMENT | CHRIS PATTEN | During the darkest days of World War II, as young British pilots valiantly fought the Luftwaffe over southern England and German forces prepared to invade the British Isles, Prime Minister Winston …
Read More »Even when ‘too busy’, take time to think about self-care
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | It is so important to take time for yourself. “Take time to love yourself. You deserve it”, says Avina Celeste. Although most leaders have a sense of the fortitude, energy, and stamina they require to be successful, few of them make investments to bolster them. We …
Read More »Philanthropy: Enriching lives and building a better world
COMMENT | Ansty Ezra Kalema | Philanthropy, derived from the Greek word “philanthropia” meaning love for mankind, is a powerful force that has the potential to transform societies and improve the lives of individuals across the globe. In its essence, philanthropy is not merely about financial contributions but encompasses a spirit …
Read More »Lenin’s lesson for Israel and Ukraine
Both need his principled-pragmatism to combine fidelity to the goal with a concrete analysis of the situation COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death, and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political life was highly problematic …
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