Politics
Ideological polarization, propaganda, and the evolution of political thought—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of politics.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/30/drug-laws-international-study-tough-policy-use-problem
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The Guardian
Eight month study shows legalisation policies do not result in wider use, and the US should be watched with interest
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http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/chinas-great-leap-backward/505817/
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The Atlantic
The country has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. What does its darkening political climate—and growing belligerence—mean for the United States?
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1662-6370.2003.tb00407.x/pdf
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Wiley Online Library
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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/us-citizens-need-visas-to-visit-europe-in-2021/index.html
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CNN
US citizens visiting parts of Europe will need authorization from the European Union come 2021.
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https://www.thespec.com/ts/politics/2020/04/28/no-covid-19-bailouts-for-firms-that-use-tax-havens-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-says.html
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The Hamilton Spectator
“We will continue to ensure that those who need help will get it, but those who evade or avoid tax will not receive aid,” Trudeau said Tuesday.
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/21/offshore-wealth-global-economy-tax-havens
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The Guardian
A far-reaching new study suggests a staggering $21tn in assets has been lost to global tax havens. If taxed, that could have been enough to put parts of Africa back on its feet and even solve the euro crisis, writes Heather Stewart
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From algorithms to influencers, the quality, veracity, and distribution of news media have changed forever.
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The ongoing space race between the United States and China is on for space supremacy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Gl_wQxi80
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Singularity University
Learn more about how you can shape the future of industry by attending Exponential Manufacturing 2017: https://exponential.singularityu.org/manufacturing/Sub...
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https://future-economics.com/2015/02/05/top-10-relative-export-patterns/
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Future Economics
If you follow the financial news media, you will frequently hear of countries' largest trade partners being either the United States, the European Union, or China. As a result, it can often seem like the US, EU, and China are at the centre of massive global networks of international trade. In a certain sense, of…
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2143688/us-government-review-threatens-block-firms-artificial
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South China Morning Press
US government review threatens to block firms’ Artificial Intelligence work with China
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https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2007/R2845.pdf
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Rand
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Infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes that have in the past been associated with specific regions are increasingly likely to spread worldwide as globalization and climate change increase the reach of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
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https://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-trumpets-860-million-ai-fund-after-alphago-shock-1.19595
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Nature
Historic win by Google DeepMind's Go-playing program has South Korean government playing catch-up on artificial intelligence.
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/3/16007736/china-us-ai-artificial-intelligence
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The Verge
In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The craft was no bigger than a beach ball, but it spurred the US into a frenzy of research and...
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https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/08/08/covid-19-could-push-some-universities-over-the-brink
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The Economist
Higher education was in trouble even before the pandemic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnIEx4ym-vI
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The Guardian
In the UK, only one in four middle-income millennials are on the housing ladder. Twenty years ago, 65% of this group owned homes. What's changed? Is it possi...
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hina's geopolitical expansion through high-speed railways has led to decreased competition and an economic environment that seeks to serve Chinese suppliers and companies.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/27/the-west-can-have-burkinis-or-democracy-but-not-both/
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Foreign Policy
Elites can overturn Islamophobic laws, but the public's illiberalism isn't going anywhere.
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https://londinium2017.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/american-unipolarity-middle-east/
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Londinium
Percy Shelley wrote that ‘history is a cyclic poem, written by time upon the memories of man’. In 1956 geopolitical reality collided with the illusion of Anglo-French hegemony over the Middle East. Much of the world map was still imperial pink, but the sun had long ago begun to set on the empires of old.…
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The United States and China are both taking different approaches to achieve quantum supremacy and win the geopolitical, technological, and military advantages that come with it.
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https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3105522/beyond-great-firewall-chinas-vast-censorship-apparatus-ropes-companies
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South China Morning Post
Online service providers have to use a combination of labour and automated technology to keep content within acceptable boundaries or risk fines and other punishments.