Repressive government actions that restrict citizen behaviour undermine political legitimacy and fuel anti-government sentiment, as history has repeatedly demonstrated, the Soviet Union being a case in point. Rather than quelling dissent, repression
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. — attributed to Niels Bohr It has been my custom, bordering on a private ritual, to begin each calendar year with The World Ahead of The Economist and
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On December 18, 2025, the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha and a prospective candidate for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election, triggered a rapid escalation of protests
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would consider refraining from deep strikes on Ukraine on the day the country holds a presidential election, provided that millions of Ukrainians currently
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Germany’s government is considering a major expansion of powers for its foreign intelligence service that would allow it to carry out sabotage, cyberattacks and other offensive operations overseas, according to a report
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The international security environment entering 2026 is marked by an intensity, breadth, and complexity of conflict risks unseen since the end of the Second World War. According to the Center for Preventive
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In jubilation, when news reached him from Lima that arch-conservative candidate José Antonio Kast had emerged victorious in Chile’s presidential election, Argentina’s right wing president Javier Milei posted a map of South
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What was once a niche gathering of academics has become the beating heart of the artificial intelligence industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, this year’s Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems,
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Universal Studios is in the early planning stages of building a new theme park in Saudi Arabia, a move that could position Comcast’s entertainment arm in direct competition with Disney as global
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Morgan Stanley is emerging as a leading contender for a top underwriting role in SpaceX’s long-anticipated initial public offering, leveraging its long-standing relationship with chief executive Elon Musk, according to people familiar
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SoftBank Group is racing to assemble a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of the year, turning to asset sales, balance-sheet cash and potential borrowing as founder Masayoshi Son
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Elon Musk’s long-delayed 2018 compensation package from Tesla, once valued at $56 billion, was reinstated on Friday after the Delaware Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had scrapped the deal.
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The United States military carried out a large-scale assault on Islamic State positions across Syria on Friday, striking more than 70 targets in what officials described as a direct response to a
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Imagine that you notice an unfamiliar male face out of the corner of your eye. You turn to look at it, but it turns out that you perceived a face-like visual cue—a
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Editor’s note: The following essay is based on a speech delivered recently by Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, at the Bank of Finland’s biannual lunch for EU Heads of
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