The number of school-age children around the world who are not in school has been decreasing
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VIDEO: How 2 tech titans see technology transforming politics
Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel talk recent elections, inequality, dictatorships, AI, cryptocurrencies, monopolies and antitrust
VIDEO: Will Liberal Democracy Survive the 21st Century?
Last night an event was held featuring a discussion with Francis Fukuyama regarding the future outlook for liberal democracy
VIDEO: Why Think Tanks Matter More Than Ever
Discussion of the current era of political and digital disruption and the role of think tanks and policy-developers
VIDEO: Can anti-corruption laws ever be sustainable?
The top current challenges to anti-corruption measures and innovative new approaches that appear to be working
Global rise in internet shutdowns aimed public protest
Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an attempt to silence dissent
How to predict corruption using artificial intelligence
The computer model was designed to predict which Spanish provinces will have a greater propensity for future corruption
Internet Access is Booming in World’s Poorest Countries
Hundreds of millions of people in the world’s poorest countries now have access to the Internet and mobile devices
The contempt for the radicals
Too many are convinced that the cause of increasing populism, the mistrust of the establishment, and a new political landscape across the western world is only an unusual virus; namely the radical, malignant and infectious mob.
Are Facebook and social media good for democracy?
Facebook warned on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for democracy