I was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the ‘ AI for Good Summit ’ this year, and I arrived at the venue with an open mind and hope for change. With a title “ AI for social good: the new face of ...

No one becomes an anti-corruption activist to make money, least of all in Ukraine. When I first met the co-founders of the ...

I’m sure I’m not the only person who secretly likes a one-star review. It’s awful to get one yourself (and I have, several ...

I am a regular listener to Ezra Klein’s podcast, and I’m a fan. There should be more podcasts that treat serious issues seriously, but there’s something he said back in April when talking about the ...

Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From Armenia’s clergy allegedly plotting coups, to Azerbaijan raiding Russian ...

A panorama of destruction in the old city of Mosul. The conversation happened at a moment when the Middle East was literally on the brink of a wider war. The old fault lines – sectarian, geopolitical, ...

When I lived in Bishkek 25 years ago, then-president Askar Akayev was so effusive in expressing his desire for Kyrgyzstan to become the Switzerland of Central Asia that the Swiss ambassador once joked ...