Top economists warn about ‘collapse’ of public interest media
After detailing the problems stemming from job losses, falling revenues and the AI threat to journalism, the economists urged governments to play a larger role in "investing in…
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What is artificial intelligence’s greatest risk?
The writer argues, "The competition to define AI risk isn't global governance's failure but its necessary evolution: a collective learning process for confronting the…
The internet’s latest buzzword: recession core
We’ve recently seen the rise of “de-influencing,” where influencers push for behavior that’s quite contrary to their entire existence. Instead of swaying their viewers to…
The world is squandering its plastics treaty moment
The world's most ambitious environmental negotiation has been reduced to brackets in a draft and deepening fractures between nations.
How the online manosphere fuels misogyny — and why young men are drawn in
Isolation, resentment, and AI-driven recommendations pull vulnerable young men deeper into online misogynistic cultures.
Shifting trade rules: The Korea Herald
The world is now witnessing the so-called “Trump Round,” a new global trade order built not on consensus but on tariffs and bilateral leverage.
How energy politics fuels global militarisation
As the global economy continues to rely on oil, gas, and critical minerals, states have increasingly turned to military instruments to secure energy access, protect transit…
Return of hard power
The writer asks: With use of military force and economic coercion dominating geopolitics does soft power still count?
Uncertain truce: The Statesman
When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities some days ago, the world braced for the worst.
Is the spectre of 9/11 rising again?
"There is no clear evidence that Iran posed an imminent threat requiring a preemptive US strike. This bunker-buster strike is a continuation of the same unilateralist worldview…