E-sports in South Korea
Would you like to spend eight to sixteen hours a day playing on the computer?
President Trump’s Project Vault
On 2nd February 2026 the US President Donald Trump announced that America will establish a US$12bn rare earths stockpile called Project Vault.
A new world order?
The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, gave a speech to the World Economic Forum at Davos on 20th January 2026.
The Economist’s Democracy Index
The Democracy Index is published by the Economist Intelligence Unit which is part of The Economist Group, who produce the weekly newspaper The Economist.
What is POFMA?
In an era of increasingly sophisticated ‘fake news’, POFMA is a response of Singapore to help protect its public against online harm by countering falsehoods posted online.
What is art?
In his book ‘What is Art?’, the Russian novelist Tolstoy wrote ‘To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself … ‘.
What is genetic engineering?
‘Genetic engineering’ is the direct manipulation of an organism's DNA using biotechnology to change its characteristics by adding, removing, or altering genes.
What is democracy?
‘Democracy’ literally means ‘rule by the people’. There are different flavours of democracy but they all involve some sort of participation (or having a say) by the people in the governance of their society.
What is climate change?
Climate change is a long-term change in average weather patterns. This is natural and has always been going on throughout Earth’s history. Although often used synonymously, the term ‘climate change’ should be distinguished from ‘global warming’ (see, for instance, ‘What Is Climate Change?’).