In view of the global availability and impact of social media, malware and disinformation, casting the widest possible net for AI regulation is essential. No…
This year marks the 525th anniversary of one of the world’s top boys’ choirs. The Wiener Sängerknaben have toured the world’s premier concert halls. Their…
Covid, global warming, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, waves of migration and internally displaced persons are shaping the world we live in. Professor…
The BRICS expansion could reshape world politics. Four key countries from the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the…
In 2018, a scandal of epic proportions sent shockwaves through the European financial landscape. A sophisticated tax evasion scheme exposed the dark underbelly of the…
Throughout history, international monetary systems have evolved every few decades, from the gold standard to the Bretton Woods system and eventually to the current free-floating…
Are violators the real beneficiaries of treaties? The violators of past arms control agreements between the nuclear superpowers gained the possibility of developing and implementing…
The plastic pollution crisis has reached unprecedented levels: plastic shopping bags, plastic packaging, plastic water bottles, etc. About 80% of all the plastic ever produced…
Global supply chains featuring commodity ingredients and foods are often opaque, tangled and secretive. Huge multi-national food companies often have well-crafted human rights policies listed…