Big Tech Won’t Remake the Global Order

Governance

2021-11-08 / www.foreignaffairs.com

Will Big Tech transform geopolitics and perhaps one day supplant the nation-state? In a recent article in Foreign Affairs, titled “The Technopolar Moment: How Digital Powers Will Reshape the Global Order,” Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer argues we can’t rule ...

Vatican, China prepare to renew historic deal to US anger

China

2020-09-22 / www.news.com.eu

The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations – much to the displeasure of the US.
Pope Francis has been working hard to repair ties with ...

Echoes of the cold war as Russia boosts number of foreign students

Education

2019-12-19 / www.ft.com

Moscow aims to double university intake from overseas to boost skills and build ties.

334,000 foreign students are enrolled in Russian universities, according to government figures, a cohort that has more than doubled since 2010 as part of a push ...