TECHNOLOGY
The 1990s and early 2000s were one of the most difficult periods in post-World War II Japanese history. With eight prime ministers in as many…
ANALYSIS
- by Jay Rajasekera, Tokyo International University
TECHNOLOGY
What happens when the Fourth Industrial Revolution collides with the need and desire to improve the state of the world? To be more specific: What…
ANALYSIS
- by Samir Sathe, Wadhwani Foundation
FINANCE
Although cryptocurrencies have been around for about a decade, it was no more than three or four years ago that regulators began to feel intense…
ANALYSIS
- by Tipsuda Thavaramara, Thai Fintech Association
GENDER
Every time a person instructs Siri or Alexa to do something, that user might unwittingly be compounding gender inequality. A United Nations report suggests that…
ANALYSIS
- by Brigid Trenerry, Gayathri Haridas and Sun Sun Lim, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
INFRASTRUCTURE
As Japan readies to host the leaders of G20 nations on June 28-29 in Osaka, it has signaled its resolve to tackle an aspect of…
ANALYSIS
- by Motoko Aizawa, Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure
ECONOMY
It is no exaggeration to say that the escalation of the trade war has put the likelihood of a new global recession triggered by the…
ANALYSIS
- by George Magnus, China Centre, Oxford University, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media has the potential to make us feel worse about ourselves because we have a natural tendency to make social comparisons. So in order…
ANALYSIS
- by Danielle Wagstaff, Federation University
FINANCE
With volatility often cited as one of the greatest barriers to cryptoasset adoption, stable-value coins pegged to common units of account such United States dollars…
ANALYSIS
- by Daniel Wang and Matthew Finestone, Loopring
INFRASTRUCTURE
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by United Nations member states in 2015, seek to promote social and economic development while recognizing environmental limits. But…
ANALYSIS
- by Bradley Hiller, Global Sustainability Institute
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