We are proposing a similar democracy system to the Swiss. Not exactly the same, but similar. The Swiss system puts the people at the heart of decision making. Their country is run mostly by the people with more referendums annually than New Zealand has had in 200 years, and now the country decides with minimal…
The freedom to vote had a big moment last week. It was not about how citizens should vote in 2024, but what might happen in 2025. It was a rousing …
FRANCE HAS BEEN in a political deadlock for seven weeks since the country went to the polls. The result of President Emmanuel Macron’s snap …
CNN — In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns supreme: a powerful club of countries within the United Nations headquarters that has resisted adding a new member for nearly eight decades. The UN Security Council has been dominated by …
A moment of insight captured the danger in our widespread ‘sovereigntism’ – and how we ought to relate to each other instead – by Rupert Read Read at …
The future could see sovereign cloud services becoming an essential part of integrated public- and private-sector cloud strategies. In July 2024, the …
The ambiguous and evolving status of the Cook Islands and Niue holds lessons for other Pacific powers. Despite their best intentions, the Biden …
The club’s expansion affirms the Global South’s hedging strategy—and sends a message to the great powers. A vital region in the Global South—Southeast …
Data is the new oil. And while nations around the globe are renewing efforts to shore up this vital asset, tech companies are getting rich off it and using what they collect to fuel future artificial intelligence development. The question of who has access to the digital footprints of a nation’s …
Empires have risen and crumbled throughout history. But what were the largest and most powerful empires throughout history? Let’s take a look at the world’s biggest empires. We ranked them by the landmass they controlled at their height. The biggest empire in the world controlled a quarter of the world’s land. Can you guess what…
