Europe’s Space Act shows it’s getting serious about space policy
Plans to overhaul European space regulation would come with unprecedented enforcement power over domestic and foreign satellite operators,…
Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
But when, one cold morning in March 1953, Stalin failed to emerge in the morning, and then in…
How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
For decades, postwar Germany thrived on economic success. The Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) built a strong welfare state and…
Bridging the gap between AI hype and reality
The promise of artificial intelligence has been a staple of government technology roadmaps for decades. But too often,…
Public offerings take the stage as the space industry learns from the SPAC boom and bust
The space industry is preparing for an uptick in stock listings, even as the sour legacy of SPAC…
Enslaved Africans put the ‘great’ in Great Britain. We must remember them
“There is no institution in modernity that has changed the world as profoundly as the Transatlantic Slave Trade…