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Convergent roads to energy innovation

As our population expands, the hunger for power continues to increase, and yet the dangers presented to our planet’s ecosystem by ever greater levels of greenhouse gas emissions are clear. The technological and economic convergence of an…

Why the West rules – for now

■ “HISTORY, n. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.” This is the definition given by Ambrose Bierce in The Devil’s Dictionary. It is a…

How the Kashmir dispute has gone “glocal”

The latest quarrel between India’s main political parties – the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) – was triggered by a tweet by Jeremy Corbyn. The British Labour Party leader tweeted that a team of…

La lunga parabola di Evo Morales in Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia. 20 ottobre 2019. Non c’è nessuno per strada: tutti quanti sono incollati davanti ai televisori per ascoltare i risultati della giornata elettorale. Sono circa le 20 quando vengono pubblicati i primi risultati tramite il…