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Get a unified European defence
That might generate the European defence research policy, which would have a huge impact on whatever we do. It is comparable to the impact of the UN. That is in a sense a positive wild card.
Whenever there is a major health outbreak, then people quick ...
That increases the chance of more dietary shift. Methane emission by cows, and the fact that the meat industry is one of the biggest problems for climate change, could be an impetus. Meditation, as health costs are so high and ...
The current economic crisis and the lowbrow behaviour of pow ...
The driver of this development is the significant shift of the liberalised system of values in Eastern Europe towards the only critical criterion, economic gain.
UK media was controlled by Russians, or operators from other ...
If a sensitive election is coming up, certain issues can be distorted for many reasons. In the UK, the media, particularly newspapers and television, have a very strong influence on attitudes in society, and those involved in t...
One of the interesting things about this is it made possible by some of the same tools that make outsourcing and democratization of innovation work. The fact that you are a billionaire but you are using many of the fundamental...
Radical Transparency by Wikileaks
How do we begin to make sense of Wikileaks, the Internet-based organization that publishes the secrets of governments and companies? What Wikileaks is, and whether it is good or bad for civil society, has become disputed terrai...
Obama's controversial Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Prize committee wanted to contribute to enhancing that kind of international policy and attitude which Obama claimed to stand for. So the award reflected the enormous hopes invested in Mr. Obama, both in the U.S. and ...
One all inclusive Science ministry set up in the EU
A single EU body is established for Science policy. This is exclusive of bottom up research as high level politicians shape the research agenda. Researchers 'fall out of love' with science and become disillusioned with research...
The rising attractiveness of unintended consequences
Unintended consequences seem to plague our best efforts to plan these days. Financial writer Shishir Nigam declared in mid-2010 that "one of the biggest themes in this current investment environment and in the next few years wi...
Saudi-Arabia’s oil reserves get suddenly destroyed
New political group takes over Saudi-Arabia and decides to destroy its oil reserves due to religios and political reasons.
Growing interests in gender politics and anti-discrimination ...
Growing problems involving intersection of gender politics and anti-discrimination rules concerning ethnic minorities. (1) Separate regimes of law for different ethnic groups, hugely extending current frameworks permitting som...
Festivals increasingly seen as object of policy
Festivals increasingly seen as culturally and economically important and as object of policy. Towards the great festival of Europe – or (2) competition among festivals becomes symbolically or economically important, with winn...
Growing use of indicators of perceived justice
Evidence of widespread disaffection/distrust of justice system, especially in specific countries and areas of law, leads to political crisis as member states criticise each other and deportation orders and even police cooperati...
Major EU state elects neo fascist leader
The existence of political parties with far-right agendas is not a new feature in European politics. So what is really ‘wild’ or surprising in this event is the achievement of sufficient political dominance for a major EU s...
Germany is turning pro-nuclear force
Angela Merkels CDU won the German parliamentary elections. Immediatelly after the victory CDU declared that they want to expand the use of nuclear force beyond 2032, which used to be the date of ending the use of nuclear force...
Cessation of Xinjiang and Tibet and the breakdown of China
The cessation of Xinjiang and Tibet causes the breakdown of China
