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  • Supreme Court in Brasília.

    A New Step for Brazilian Democracy?

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    The ongoing trial of several high-ranking public officials in Brazil involved in the mensalão scandal – a widespread corruption scheme – has caught the attention of the Brazilian and international media. In particular, The Economist has covered this issue in pieces that provide a balanced background for the non-Brazilian reader, while […]

  • When the state fails

    BRICS Reports: When The State Fails

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    This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. On environmental issues, […]

  • Journalists at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China.

    BRICS Reports: Faster Than The Censors

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    This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. In China, social […]

  • Evening traffic on Le Thai To Street in Hanoi, Vietnam.

    Future Scenarios for Hanoi in 2035

    Researchers from the Asian Trends Monitoring (ATM) team took a look at alternative futures in Hanoi and developed four very different scenarios for how the city’s entrepreneurs would do in the year 2035. The Vietnamese capital is undergoing several drastic changes. The city’s look and feel are changing, and the […]

  • Elephant in Motion

    BRICS Reports: An Elephant In Motion

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    This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. At the end of […]