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Businessman walking away from the office while speaking on the phone
Freedom is not the goal
Skill, usefulness, and the uncomfortable truth about leaving the 9-to-5
Soldiers walking through mud and ruins as a helicopter hovers above, representing the human toll within technologically driven conflict
Africa’s forgotten soldiers: from world wars to Ukraine
An exploration of how African soldiers have been recruited, used, and often abandoned
Student protesters march through the streets demanding transparency, accountability, and democratic reforms after the Novi Sad railway station tragedy in Serbia
Serbia’s students are demanding change
After the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, nationwide protests challenge corruption, democratic decline, and government silence
Artificial Intelligence offers many perspectives; it depends on our objective with it
Structural proportionality in the use of AI in education
Scientific formulation from the Universal Princonser Method
Businesspeople walking by a large cybersecurity advertisement displayed in a modern business area
The new geopolitics of cyberspace
How digital power, technological trust, and cyber alliances are reshaping global politics
A distressed woman reaches out from a crowded bus, capturing a moment of urgency, separation, and human vulnerability amid crisis, Kashmir
Asiya Andrabi and the politics of resistance
Activism, imprisonment, and the contested narratives of the Kashmir conflict
How should a document be read when its strategic meaning arises from the structure that binds its priorities into an ordered whole?
Technology in the 2025 U.S. NSS: a structural CR analysis
State purpose, security, and power in the National Security Strategy
The house in Gaza shelled by the Israeli military on December 25, 2013, where toddler Hala Abu Sbeikhah was killed
War as a system, not an event
How conflict organizes society, perception, and everyday life beyond the battlefield
In Brussels, Belgium, the night unfolds under a deep, dark sky, framing a magnificent arch glowing in the distance
Lessons in compassion from an age of division
The story of abolitionism’s founding father and what it can teach us today
Richard Nixon announced 50 years ago that the US would no longer exchange dollars held by foreign governments for gold
The day money became just paper
The 1971 break from gold, the rise of debt-based money, and the global shift toward hard assets
A moment where value floats free of lived reality: money, data, and artificial intelligence converge as symbols of control, while human presence recedes into managed abstraction
AI, crypto and the disappearence of reality
Money, machines, and what we stopped paying attention to
American fiscal profligacy in the post World War II period was not the habit of all administrations. The most fiscally responsive was the Clinton administration
The United States at an economic crossroads
Either a self-destructive dollar collapse or a fundamental change
Often driven by geopolitical tensions, pandemics, and populism, deglobalization represents a retreat from global cooperation to national-centric policies
A detailed analysis of deglobalization
Conceived in a political struggle, it was never meant to be a neutral term
War has wide-ranging consequences that affect societies, economies, environments, and individuals
The USA's attack against the Middle East
A war with Iran and ongoing fights with militant groups
A close view of petroleum in motion, representing the turbulence of resource-driven conflicts
Liquid gold in the age of resource wars
How oil, water, and minerals are reshaping conflict, diplomacy, and global influence 
This photograph was taken on 12 February 2022, as protesters marched from Parliament Square along Whitehall towards Downing Street during a large demonstration in London against the government’s role in rising living costs and growing inequality and poverty. The protest was organised by the anti-austerity group People’s Assembly in collaboration with trade unions, with parallel rallies held in 25 cities across the UK
The affordability illusion
Food, energy, health, and the costs politicians prefer not to count
Digital illustration showing the flow of algorithmic bias widening the digital gap
AI at the juncture of India’s smart cities
Balancing efficiency, equity, and democracy in the age of algorithmic governance
Senator McCarthy (center) confers with Roy Cohn (left) and David Schine (right) in 1953
Toward a new McCarthyism in Latin America?
The United States is pressuring governments in the region to curb China's technological and commercial expansion
A devastated urban landscape engulfed in fire and smoke evokes the human and geopolitical consequences of war in Tehran, Iran
Why Tehran was attacked?
The latest war on Iran has raised unsettling questions about nuclear fears, global power, and hidden political motives
A panoramic view of Riyadh’s evolving skyline, where modern architecture, sustainable infrastructure, and tradition converge—reflecting Saudi Arabia’s ongoing transformation under Vision 2030
Saudi Vision 2030: transforming a nation beyond oil
How Vision 2030 is reshaping growth, governance, and global ties
A classical bust, its human head replaced by a cold surveillance camera, stands in a rain-slicked city. The image serves as a stark metaphor for "civic death" and the replacement of democratic diplomacy with technological control
Decapitation and the end of politics
How targeted elimination has become a normalized instrument of contemporary power and violence
A split natural environment of vitality and decline, symbolising the contested future of the Earth
The future of the world: optimism vs pessimism
Examining how conflict, inequality, and climate reshape our expectations of the future
A woman in a black shirt sits on the ground in the desert, working remotely on her laptop
The new nomads: redefining work and home
Digital mobility reshaping culture, economy, and belonging
AI-generated smartphone students in the digital reading room of a historic library
Media upheaval in the technology field
How the rise and irresponsibility of the new social media aided and abetted Trump and Trumpism
Pakistan’s Parliament House in Islamabad, the center of the country’s legislative decisions, amid debate over the 27th Constitutional Amendment
Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment
A step toward progress or a blow to democracy?
Politicians give speeches for several key reasons: all tied to influence, leadership, and public communication
How to resist right-wing populism and fascism?
Going beyond anti-imperialism
Working from home does not mean working without a routine or discipline: it's the opposite
How to stay productive during the holidays
Even when working from home
A tense public protest in a European city captures the clash between free expression and growing calls for restriction, as demonstrators gather around a provocative act that has ignited widespread debate
Denmark’s free expression quandary
New restrictions spark concern over censorship, protest rights, and the resilience of democratic debate
A professor addresses a silent lecture hall, his words hanging in the air — a moment that captures academia’s struggle to keep truth alive amid the noise of a divided world
How academia lost its sanctuary
In an age of polarisation and digital noise, universities must rediscover the courage to think freely and the humility to listen
The skyline in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, represents the need for urban development in the modern world
Africanizing democracy and nation-building in Africa
How colonial borders, ethnic diversity, and political choices affect stability and development in Africa
A contemplative portrait reflecting the inner experience of identity, self-perception, and psychological introspection
Gender identity and transgender experiences
Psychological interpretations, treatment models, and social responses
An American political leader stands in front of his supporters
The key political question: has Trump reached his peak?
Is he the "Napoleonic" figure of the decade?
A devastated oil refinery burns amid thick smoke and scattered wreckage, symbolizing the destructive consequences of escalating conflicts and interventionist wars in the Middle East
The Neo-Con road to war with Iran
From the Iran–Iraq War to Trump’s 2026 confrontation, decades of intervention and miscalculation threaten a wider global conflict
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Events in Economy & Politics

Blueprint, exhibition view. Courtesy of the Museum of Australian Democracy
Blueprint
Permanent event at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Parkes, Australia
HMCS Huron. Courtesy of The Military Museums
HMCS Huron
Permanent event at The Military Museums in Calgary, Canada
The House of Signatories. Courtesy of Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus
The House of Signatories
Permanent event at the Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus in Vilnius, Lithuania
The Coin Cabinet. Courtesy of MNHA
The Coin Cabinet
Permanent event at the MNHA in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Numismatic Collection. Courtesy of GNM
Numismatic Collection
Permanent event at the GNM in Nuremberg, Germany
CF-104. Courtesy of The Military Museums
CF-104
Permanent event at The Military Museums in Calgary, Canada
Old Justice. Courtesy of GNM
Old Justice
Permanent event at the GNM in Nuremberg, Germany
Democracy. Are you in? Exhibition view. Courtesy of the Museum of Australian Democracy
Democracy. Are you in?
Permanent event at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Parkes, Australia
The Oval Office. Courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library
The Oval Office
Permanent event at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, United States
Federal President's Prize. Courtesy of Deutsches Museum
Federal President's Prize
Permanent event at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany
Republic and Dictatorship. Courtesy of Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
Republic and Dictatorship
Permanent event at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Austria
Social Justice Gallery, Exhibition view. Courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library
Social Justice Gallery
Permanent event at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, United States
World War II Fighters. Courtesy of World War II Fighters
World War II Fighters
Permanent event at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, United States
Docklands at War. Courtesy of Museum of London Docklands
Docklands at War
Permanent event at the Museum of London Docklands in London, United Kingdom
Civil Rights, Exhibition view. Courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library
Civil Rights
Permanent event at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, United States
November 22, 1963, Exhibition view. Courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library
November 22, 1963
Permanent event at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, United States
Presidential Limousine. Courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library
LBJ’s Presidential Limousine
Permanent event at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, United States
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