7 minute read. Tim Christiaens of Tilburg University reviews Cecilia Rikap's The Rulers, which argues Big Tech rules through intellectual monopolies — controlling knowledge, data, and cloud infrastructure without owning much at all.
5 minute read. Seven months in, no exit in sight. Amin Saikal of the Australian National University on why Trump is trapped in the Iran war.
7 minute read. Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian argues the global economy has entered a perpetual, directionless transition—and explains why resilience, agility, and optionality now beat any forecast.
6 minute read. Rioters or reformers? Brian Lewis, Professor of History at McGill University, revisits the real story of the Luddites in the age of AI.