The promise that digital technologies would “democratize” information and bypass traditional power structures has been devoured by a new generation of corporate monopolists. Putting the Internet back in the hands of citizens will require nothing less than a new vision of the digital age.
Kofi A. Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations (1997-2006) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was one of the greatest diplomats of our time. Under his leadership, and following the horrors of the Bosnian War, Annan became the catalyst for a more proactive UN, not only in terms of peacemaking, but also in the global effort to combat climate change.
Since a failed coup attempt in the summer of 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has amassed unprecedented power. Yet, thanks to Erdogan’s incompetence, Turkey's future now seems to rest more with financial markets and other regional powers than with its strongman.
thinks Kremlin interference in the Balkans risks alienating countries that have been sympathetic to Russia.
urges radical reform of the Internet to address the dysfunctions of the digital age.
hopes the government reverses its rejection of interest-rate hikes and IMF support before it's too late.
focuses on the extraordinary social, economic, and environmental progress humanity has achieved since 1990.
explains which polices work – and what gaps remain – for refugees and migrants.
and PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno discuss the evolution of Indian foreign policy.
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