Managing Editor (Germany)
Holds an MA in international relations and peace and conflict research. Holds an MA in international relations and peace and conflict research. He is deeply interested in world futures, global issues, and interdisciplinary analysis. He has traveled through over 50 countries by thumb.
I've spent some time exploring AI risks lately and there was one thought that kept returning: what actually stops a misaligned superintelligence from taking over, and how durable...
Welcome to the FIRST monthly SSG newslitter from the Security Principal. Yes ‘newslitter’. So much is happening, and at such pace, that the news each day is akin to wind-blown...
Download as PDF 1. Prologue: A Lose-Lose War At the time of this writing, the vicious and unwarranted Russian invasion of Ukraine is still underway, with no end in sight. The...
Introduction While fossil fuels continue to dominate energy production and consumption, the press of climate change has made it abundantly clear that the ecological costs of...
COVID-19 is the current focal point, not only of media and politics, but of our societies as a whole. Looking at how it reshaped so many parts of our daily life in such a short time, this crisis can provide us with valuable insights into the deeper workings of the interaction between politics and people, between the government and the governed.