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Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.
China has always been one of the world’s wealthiest nations, but Chinese wealth looks different across the country’s eventful history.
The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries, ayatollahs, the shah, and his Russian ambassadors. Its legacy shaped modern-day Iran.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
The region of Catalonia has been at odds with greater Spain for over 300 years. The prospect of autonomy remains a distant and fading dream.
In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
Only Caesar lived to tell the tale.
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Crypto is a lot of things, but it isn’t a currency. "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful,” breaks down what it would take to get there.
Roosevelt had become president but not in the way he wanted. Still, he understood that he had been given the rare opportunity to make history.
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
Meet the world's largest landowners.
Before Rome was an empire, it was a republic. And before it was a republic, it was a kingdom ruled by seven mythical kings — some better than others.
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
Fear of technology is not new. But we misunderstand its origin. In reality, we don't fear technology but each other.
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Why do the worst people rise to power? University College London professor Brian Klaas responds.
Here’s what Europe would have looked like if the Confederation of the Danube had been established after WWII.
Robots must identify themselves.
We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
The story of China is the story of global economics.
Million Stories
Estonia has long been seen as a pioneer in digitizing the democratic process.
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
The restoration of public confidence is crucial for strong democratic governance around the world.
The state of global democracy is relatively strong — but there are clear signs of recent erosion.
An innovation's value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.
Almost 18,000 projects, brought together on one clickable map.
While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?