It is not enough for a democracy in the 21st century to make decisions by up-down majoritarian votes.
Burying Air Berlin: The Curious World of French Pragmatism, German Statism
The loser in the Air Berlin game, as the government played it, are Germany’s citizens, consumers and air travelers.
Social Media in China: The Great Distraction
Worried about social media helping to create popular movements, China runs an elaborate system of censorship and manipulation.
One Final Offer From the EU to the UK
As there are no “good” solutions to the Brexit conundrum, it’s time to focus on the practicality of the least “bad” one.
Quo Vadis, China?
Under Xi Jinping, will China opt for a “new totalitarianism,” the current “hard authoritarianism,” turn back to a sort of “soft authoritarianism” or move toward a “semi-democracy”?
Can Technology Facilitate Democracy? The Case of India
Technology might help countries like India with government services, but it’s no silver bullet for the business of governance.
Make a Life, Not Just a Living!
Passionate, self-forgetting work is the secret of happiness as well as of making a life.
The American Un-Society
The Las Vegas massacre has exposed that the idea of the existence of an American “society” is increasingly becoming pure fiction.
From Land to Sea: Plastic Trash as Far as the Eye Can See
Millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year.

























