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The New Five Forces, Part 3: Society Expects Accountability

Society, the third of Dr. Noa Gafni鈥檚 New Five Forces, is a strategic power that businesses cannot treat as background noise. Customers鈥� trust is vital, and they increasingly view companies... Read full article

Noa Gafni - June 29, 2026

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Outside the Box
Are We Building the Infrastructure of Unfreedom?
by Peter Isackson
World News
The New Five Forces, Part 2: Geopolitics and Forced Choices
by Noa Gafni
Europe
Bans NEVER Work 鈥� So Why Should Britain鈥檚 Social Media Ban Be Different?
by Ellis Cashmore
Middle East News
The Executioner鈥檚 Noose, Not the Scales of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Israel and Palestine
by Anna-Christina Schmidl

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Atul Singh & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Mediaphobia 鈥� A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent鈥檚 Hindu鈥揗uslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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A Trillion Reasons Democracy Is Doomed

Two new 鈥渢rillionaires鈥� 鈥� the US military and Elon Musk 鈥� now occupy the headlines. Both represent a dangerous concentration...

On the Meaning (and Danger) of 鈥淪hould鈥�

The word 鈥渟hould鈥� pervades public discourse 鈥� from politicians to celebrities to AI chatbots 鈥� yet...

Whose Safety? The Hidden Hand Behind AI Content Filters

Gemini refused to answer my innocent question in French about a Russian journalist鈥檚 remarks on post-match...

Latin America鈥檚 World Cup Moment

As the 2026 World Cup comes to North America, the...

by Steven E. Hendrix

Danielle Smith鈥檚 Voice of Reason and Other Fairy Tales

by Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

Putin鈥揦i Summit Was an Exercise in Diplomatic Discipline and Strategic Alignment

by David Mahon

Cairo鈥檚 Double Game: Egypt Arms a Sanctioned General While Playing Peacemaker

by Hollie McKay

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The Dialectic: Japan 鈥� The Aging Land of the Rising Sun

In this episode of The Dialectic, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle examine Japan鈥檚 transformation from a postwar economic giant into a more assertive middle power confronting demographic decline, economic stagnation and rising regional threats. Decades of debt accumulation, low growth and an aging population have...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

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