Our news section is for important commentary and news that doesn’t fit under one of our Global Issues. Sometimes we use this space to comment on major current events, and sometimes we use it to cover conferences or share interviews we’ve snapped up. We also share news from our project team here.
A few weeks ago we published the first in a series of Future Challenges Readers. Now it’s time for volume 2. In “The New City” we go on a hunt for ideas that are helping cities worldwide manage their growing populations. From Masdar City near Abu Dhabi to Toronto, Canada, cities […]
Ever since the eruption of the mass uprisings in 25 January 2011, the face of politically stagnant Egypt has changed forever. 2011 was a year packed with unexpected events, unpredictable by even the most authentic intellectuals. Just like 2011, 2012 was truly a year to remember. As a year with many setbacks! […]
What We Know. What We Don’t. The clock ticks past 11:00 PM in Caracas on January 9, 2013, the eve of Venezuela’s scheduled presidential inauguration. By this point, all doubt has been removed: Hugo Chavez, stuck in a hospital bed somewhere in Havana, will miss his own party. Actualidad Union […]
The Future Challenges team would like to start the New Year by looking back at 2012. Our blogger network – which consists of more than 160 bloggers from 65 countries – published more than 500 blogposts this year. These blogposts provided countless perspectives on issues of globalization like youth unemployment, […]
On October 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez emerged on the balcony of El Palacio de Miraflores in front of thousands of supporters to accept re-election through 2019. Thus ended months of speculation. Would Chávez, diagnosed with cancer in 2011, live to the election? Had urban voters […]
