Eurasia Group 2024 Top Risks
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Project or Fantasy?
Federico Reyes Heroles The discussion was intense. Ignorance and fears, real and mythical, lurked. Commercial partners of the US? But they are our historical enemy; they want to appropriate our natural wealth. But the world transformation was undeniable. With all the hatreds inherited from the …
Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: The youth in crisis.
Today, I begin my letter with an issue that has been worrying me for some time, which seems even more serious today. The new generation of young people known as Generation Z, the next generation of millennials, seems not to find its way and is …
Getting out of the mud
Federico Reyes Heroles We know they lie to us. They know we know they are lying to us, and… they keep on lying. How far can it go? It is difficult to say. It appears in the world, and we can expel it. It has …
Polarizaton is Global. So?
Polarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground for their causes, both for left and right. Unlikely candidates …
A Conflict Between Three Powers
Antonio Navalón In just 15 days, the world changed. When it seemed that the world could only be capable of sustaining or witnessing a single armed conflict at a time – referring to the war between Ukraine and Russia – the terrorist group Hamas forced …
North-South, East-West.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting was held last week in an atmosphere of global realignments. The leaders’ speeches (3 women among men) from multiple countries expressed opinions on common issues: the war in Ukraine, the global financial system, poverty, the …
What Electricity Sources Power the World?
What Powered the World in 2022? This was originally posted on Elements. In 2022, 29,165.2 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity was generated around the world, an increase of 2.3% from the previous year. In this visualization, we look at data from the latest Statistical Review of World …
Edelman Global Trust Barometer
How much do people trust that their governments are doing the right thing? Trust in the institutions, confidence in the path toward economic prosperity, shifts in trust from authorities to peers, trust in media, transparency and accountability, rule of law, democratic values, polarization, all these …
The European Earthquake
Antonio Navalón The various modifications of European borders throughout history can be likened to open-heart surgery. Since the Greeks and since the time of the Roman Empire, there has never been a peaceful alteration of Europe’s geographical boundaries. Today, the case is no different. Europe …