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SOCIETY AND STRATEGY

The End of Moral Certainty: Reimagining Ethics to Rebuild Trust and Dialogue

Explore how post-realist ethics can combat polarisation, rebuild trust in democracy, and foster dialogue in an age of moral uncertainty and misinformation.

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TECH AND TRANSFORMATION

The Global Contest for Control: The Hidden Power Struggle Behind AI Governance

Discover how AI governance reveals deeper contests over power, legitimacy, and access—and why reimagining regulation as civic infrastructure is essential to democratic resilience in the algorithmic age.

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GEOPOLITICS

From Pariah to Partners - Why Aggressive Regimes Can’t Be Contained, They Must Be Transformed

Find out how structural aggression reshapes global conflict, and why rethinking peace as political architecture is key to long-term stability and democratic resilience.

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POLICY

Explore how free speech can be reimagined as a living right in the 21st century, moving beyond absolutism and paternalism to safeguard democracy and digital rights.

Free Speech: Beyond Absolutism and Paternalism

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FINANCE AND MARKETS

BEPS 2.0 at the Credibility Cliff: How Governance Can Save Pillar Two

Discover a governance blueprint to rescue BEPS 2.0’s OECD Pillar Two: peer review, transparency dashboards, a rules-based U.S. on-ramp, and links to climate finance.

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SOCIETY AND STRATEGY

Beyond the Horseshoe - A New Model to Separate Dissent from Extremism

Discover why left vs right is the wrong map; pluralism vs anti-pluralism is the real red line, with clear signals to tell radicalism from extremism.

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GEOPOLITICS

Power Without Mandate: The Perils of Germany’s Military Ambition

Discover how Germany’s rearmament exposes deeper tensions between power, legitimacy, and memory. And why reimagining military strategy as a civic and European project is essential to stability in a post-pacifist democracy.

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FINANCE AND MARKETS

Fixing Herding in Equity Crowdfunding: How Better Platform Design and ECSPR Can Protect Retail Investors

Explore the evidence behind “abstention cascades” in equity crowdfunding and a practical design blueprint (sequencing, pacing, and batch matching) aligned with ECSPR/ESMA to protect retail investors and improve price discovery.

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GEOPOLITICS

The Case for a Continental Capacity State: Saving Europe’s Competitiveness

Explore why Europe’s competitiveness depends on execution, not new strategies; building a continental capacity state to scale Capital Markets Union, grids, compute and clean tech.