Giancarlo Valori Artificial Intelligence has many impacts on culture. AI technology can improve human knowledge, language and cultural life. Therefore AI education needs to be created and developed, as the dissemination and popularisation of AI knowledge is also a fundamental part of the overall knowledge process. Scientific dissemination …
Read More »Reforming This UN Agency Will Spark an International E-Commerce Boom
The opportunities are huge, but the clock is ticking for the UPU and USPS to be central to the global e-commerce boom There is an international e-commerce boom coming. It will soon be common for small packages to be sent anywhere in the world in three days or less, at …
Read More »Map of Missile Strikes on Ukraine
Explosions and air strikes were reported Monday morning and afternoon all across Ukraine, including in the capital Kiev and multiple cities in the country’s west. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with members of the Security Council, said that Russia had targeted Ukrainian energy, military …
Read More »World at a Crossroads
Our time is very interesting, but unfortunately, it is also very sorrowful. The keyword to describe the contemporary situation is autarky, the ability of a country to live relying on its own resources. And the key question is to what extent the contemporary world is able to create …
Read More »Winter Is Coming: Social Expectations from the First Military Winter in Europe
Jacques Sapir The sanctions taken against Russia by EU countries are generating a major “boomerang effect,” one which could lead to a global energy crisis. The shock will probably be felt by the EU economy this winter and afterwards. It is therefore at this time that crucial political …
Read More »China’s Foreign Policy ahead of the 20th Party Congress
Sway Samal China is less than ten days away from its 20th Party Congress. The changes will impact the Chinese Communist Party for the next five years, a monumental event that takes place every five years. President Xi Jinping is expected to stay in power in the following …
Read More »War in Ukraine and the New Delhi-Beijing geopolitical shadowboxing
Hemand Adlaka India and China have separately frustrated and angered many in the West by refusing to condemn Russia’s military action on February 24. The two BRICS member countries’ neutrality is driven by their respective national interests. Therefore, it is a gross error to assume that the two …
Read More »When Defence Planning Comes to Nought
Lily Ong In a 15th-century priory nestled away in a prestigious neighbourhood of Geneva, an exclusive audience gathered on the gorgeous grounds of a university before His Excellency Geoff Hoon, who had served as the Defence Minister of Britain in Tony Blair’s Cabinet. He was speaking as part …
Read More »Understanding Today’s Russian Government: Putin’s Goals
Eric Zeusse Following are excerpts from (which constitute only 22% of) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech and his answers to questions at the 17 July 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Plenary session, where the moderator was Margarita Simonyan, whom Putin chose in 2005 to head the Russian …
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