Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

11 October 2023
Cornelius Adebahr explores the way AI may help the people, processes and policies that make up the foreign policy system. Much of the discussion on how artificial…
10 October 2023
Alfredo Toro Hardy examines the possible positions the Global South could take regarding China’s aspirations to assume its leadership. In the 2021, during the Centennial of…
03 October 2023
Branko Milanovic on why Vučić may go for war and the difficult position that would put NATO in. I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café…
25 September 2023
In a process of “guided evolution”, the transformation to a more sustainable economy will be driven by self-referential systems where the usual preference for long-term policy…
20 September 2023
Branko Milanovic explores the impact of the Cultural Revolutions of the 1960s-70 on himself, and the East and West. As I suppose many older people do, I was thinking about…
13 September 2023
Contrary to much of the media coverage, the launch of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro likely does not mark a major SMIC breakthrough in chip manufacturing and is almost certainly…
11 September 2023
Recent words and deeds confirm Beijing’s readiness to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. However, its current dominance of the global strategic metals…
08 September 2023
In Memoriam - Donny Bhawalkar Narlikar aka #VeryGoodBoy Dear friends and supporters, Many of you have wished Don and me well over the years. So I share this tragic news with you…
07 September 2023
Branko Milanovic argues that the BRICS countries' increasing independence and clout may be a net good for pressing global problems.  The expansion of BRICS membership is…
06 September 2023
Scott Montgomery on the new space race and why scientists also need to cooperate across borders to face pressing global challenges.  India congratulated itself recently for…