Op-ed

Delta is hitting Europe hard, especially in the eastern part of the continent, where there are much higher rates of vaccine hesitancy. The highly transmissible Delta variant—first detected by scientists in India nearly a year ago—now represents ninety-nine percent of all sequenced coronavirus cases worldwide, according to top officials at …

Giancarlo Valori Modern construction methods and smart technology can revolutionise the building process and the way we live. Population growth and demographic changes have led to a global housing shortage. According to research carried out by the Heriot-Watt University National Housing Federation and by the Homeless Charity Crisis …

The world’s leading powers agreed to limit a naval arms race in 1921 at the United States’ urging. Lessons from the Washington Naval Conference are still relevant as the United States and China face a potential new arms race today. A hundred years ago, Washington was the setting …

Giancarlo Valori The CIA, MI6 and the Russian Security Council have recently pointed out that India is emerging as a global hub for the development of intelligence operations on Afghan soil, while also becoming the vital sponsor of the military opposition to the Taliban. A joint working group …

Supporting separatist movements in Tibet or East Turkestan could backfire, but Washington has other options. The People’s Republic of China and its communist dictator Xi Jinping often depict their country as united and monolithic, even though in reality it is anything but. As Xi doubles down on efforts …

It’s of course too soon to know anything definitively on 2024. But as modern fundraising forces presidential campaigns to start much earlier, it’s never too early to start analyzing. Former President Donald Trump is acting like he’s running again. He has numbers well above every other potential Republican …

These omens of a switch from an era of plenty to an era of scarcity is sending strategists back to the drawing board and shivers down the backbone of policymakers. Like the four horsemen in the book of revelation, climate change and resource scarcities bring disastrous occurrences to …

The United States and China have a problem that is shared by both countries in a similarly spectacular and worrisome fashion – the burgeoning inequality at the heart of their societies. While inequality has also been on the rise elsewhere, the world’s two largest economies suffer from it …

Giancarlo Valori The creation and development of cyberspace has profoundly changed people’s thinking and behavioural habits. Current academic discussions on a range of issues such as web policy, web ethics, web culture and ideology have also become borderline academic topics. Accurately grasping the connotation, characteristics and essence of …