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The Machine That Knows What You Want: Artificial Intelligence and the Coming Science of Human Manipulation
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 For most of human history, persuasion has been an inefficient business. The politician […]
Is Mark Carney Beating Donald Trump?
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 1 September 2026 There is something profoundly improbable about Mark Carney as a populist hero. He […]
The Foreigners Are Leaving Lviv
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 1 September 2026 There was a peculiar moment in the spring of 2022 when Lviv seemed […]
Donbasification: How to Manufacture a Country Within a Country
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 1 September 2026 There are some political ideas whose importance lies not in their complexity but […]
Russia in 2040: Five Possible Futures After Putin
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 1 September 2026 Predicting Russia has always been a dangerous occupation. The country has repeatedly confounded […]
Michel Foucault and the Enlightenment in Reverse
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 1 September 2026 There is a fashionable sort of intellectual dismissal that consists not in […]
The Electronic Panopticon: Remote Work, Surveillance and the Digital Nomad
By Matthew Parish Monday 31 August 2026 The digital nomad is one of the more curious social creatures produced by […]
The Quiet Conquest: How China is Replacing Russia in Central Asia
By Matthew Parish Monday 31 August 2026 There are moments in international affairs when the location of a diplomatic meeting […]
Europe’s New Right: Is the Liberal Order in Danger?
By Matthew Parish Monday 31 August 2026 Europe has always had a far right. What is new is that the […]
After Putin: What Happens to Russia When the Tsar Is Gone?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 30 August 2026 Vladimir Putin will die. That observation is so banal that it […]
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