Why Friedrich Merz Is a Problem for Putin
Vladimir Putin does not need Germany to become pro-Russian. He needs something much easier: for Germany to become tired. But if Germany doesn’t become tired, then Putin needs viable relations…
China 1949 and churning of the psycho-social cycle
From producers' dominance to workers revolution via Communist Party warriors and supporting intellectuals Introduction China’s Communist Revolution of 1949 is commonly interpreted through the lenses of class struggle, Marxist ideology…
From Kyiv to Chita: Moscow’s Centralized Hegemony Fuels Russia’s Own Crisis
Why Subsidiarity Could Save the Russian Federation In late June 2026, drivers in Chita, capital of Russia’s Zabaykalsky Krai in remote eastern Siberia, found themselves trapped in multi-kilometre queues towards…
Voter Tests Are Plain Dumb
Impractical, litigious and unwise! Occasionally someone dusts off an old bad idea and presents it as bold reform: What if voters had to pass a test before casting a ballot? Perhaps a…
Prabhát Saḿgiita — Some Salient Features and Musical Expression of Neohumanism
What is the significance of the name Prabhát Saḿgiita? From the name, apparently one would conclude that this school of music has been named after its composer, Prabhát Ranjan Sarkar.…
Emerging Technologies in Creative Industries – Are They Sustainable and Ethical?
Digital technologies to empower artists by decentralising commercial operations and reducing dependence on intermediaries Introduction Emerging technologies used in relation to creative industries include blockchain systems, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and…
Responsibility in Generative AI for Inaccurate/Insensitive Outputs from Use of Low-Resource Languages
Low-resource language communities themselves should not be burdened with the primary obligation to correct harms arising, and imposed on them, from GAI systems. Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is a form…
Anti-Exploitation Sentiment and Need for Positive Vision
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement took place in the USA in 2011. It captured public imagination, spread rapidly across hundreds of cities, and briefly suggested the possibility of systemic…
What values would govern the use of blockchain ledger technology in cooperative economic contexts?
Some preliminary thoughts and ideas – what evolves remains to be seen! An idealised decentralised blockchain ledger system is a distributed network in which no single authority controls the record…
Value of blockchain tokens – why?
When belief, scarcity and control converge in code, even numbers begin to behave like 'things' Tokens are units of value or rights recorded on a blockchain. They can include cryptocurrencies…