Kaushik Basu: Democracies face a threat that demands our collective resolve to fend off
Redistributive tax policies could prevent voters from being played by self-serving special interest groups, but this requires ...
Opinion
Not Quite a Unified Theory of Trumpism, but Still an Alarming Pattern
It’s not that I offer a unified theory of Trumpism, but there is a coherence there that requires a coherent response. Strongmen seek power — political power but also other currencies, including wealth ...
Global Leaders On The US Under Trump And Polarised World | GBS 2025
Under the Trump administration, there has been a lot of discussion in terms of protectionist policies, Olta Manjani, Deputy Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation, Albania, said at ET NOW Global ...
Religion Unplugged1d
Religious Freedom Is Routinely Curbed In Central Asia: Why Does The Mainstream Media Ignore It?
Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” levels of government constraints on religion in 59 of the 198 countries and ...
Truthout3d
Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungarian Dictator Viktor Orbán
Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele points out that Orbán was actually involved in the design of Project 2025.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy3d
As USAID Is Gutted, Here’s How Philanthropy Can Stop Panicking and Start Helping
In a post-aid world, philanthropy can be a potent bulwark against authoritarianism and a powerful voice for human rights ...
US declines to sign international declaration on artificial intelligence
The US refused to sign an "inclusive" and "sustainable" artificial intelligence declaration on Tuesday, as Washington ...
In Paris, world leaders try to set the tone for AI, but is the U.S. on board?
An AI summit in Paris establishes international trends for artificial intelligence. Vice President JD Vance rolls out America ...
Vance pushes ‘America First’ AI agenda, accuses allies of overregulation
President Donald Trump has taken dramatic executive action to advance policies that benefit tech companies. Now Vice ...
The Victoria Advocate4d
Vance puts Europe, China on notice over AI regulation
US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned European allies against over-regulating the US-dominated artificial intelligence ...
Vance tells world leaders AI must be 'free from ideological bias,' American tech won't be censorship tool
Vice President JD Vance told world leaders in Paris that the United States intends to remain the dominant force in AI and warned that the EU's far tougher regulatory approach to the technology could ...
Corruption worse than it's been in over a decade in many nations, survey shows
Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index gauging public sector corruption, from the U.S. and ...