Author: Olivia Aréchiga Editor: Alexander Ochs This is the third and final installment of a series on digital sovereignty and democratic governance. Part 1 makes the democratic case: that IT as the in...

Part 2: What is and should be done Author: Dashiell Decker Editor: Alexander Ochs Part 1 of this blog examined how interconnection queues have become one of the most significant bottlenecks in the U.S...

Author: Dashiell Decker Editor: Alexander Ochs The United States is adding clean energy at near-record speed. But the transition to renewable power could move even faster if it were not being slowed b...

Authors: Olivia Aréchiga & Tina Simpson Editor: Alexander Ochs As governments digitize citizen services, they risk quietly locking out the very people who rely on them most. Treating digital access as...

Dashiell Decker To tackle today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges, societies depend on pluralist media, informed citizens, and public trust. Sustainable development is not only about po...

Dashiell Decker Will the European Democracy Shield meaningfully address the vulnerabilities it identifies—or will its impact be hindered by implementation gaps, political trade-offs, and funding limit...

By Thomas Protzman It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its highly anticipated advisory opinion on state obligations for climate change. It elaborates t...

By Pierre Courtemanche Militaries and the global arms industry account for a greenhouse gas emission larger than civil aviation and shipping combined — yet they remain invisible in climate pledges and...

Jacin Mathew India is recognized as one of the global leaders in renewable energy, and states like Rajasthan pioneering both large-scale solar parks and small-scale community-driven initiatives. Yet, ...

By Thomas Reinsch Germany’s current industrial strategy is built on the belief that technological openness and export competitiveness can safeguard prosperity – but is this an adequate response to tod...

Pierre Courtemanche Supply chains sit at the nexus of today’s most urgent challenges: climate, energy, sustainability — and increasingly, cross-border trade. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic a...

Jacin Mathew In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion affirming that all nations have a binding legal duty to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep gl...

Max Gruenig On July 27, 2025, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and U.S.

By: Sachi Lakhina Participatory budgeting allows citizens to directly shape how public money is spent, giving a real voice to community priorities and building trust in government. By empowering colle...

Max Gruenig Europe’s payments to Russia for fossil fuels exceed its support for Ukraine. The EU must finally become serious about its economic might.

Sachi Lakhina Cambodia’s partnership with UNDP’s ‘Policy and Innovation Hub for Sustainable Development’ created a laboratory where public policy could be designed and tested. From 2019–2022, the Hub ...

By: Alexander Ochs and Sachi Lakhina The subsidiary principle is a governance concept that argues for decisions to be made at the most local level, only involving higher level authorities when necessa...

By Peter Asmus Today, there are more than 8,000 data centers worldwide that consume roughly 1 to 2% of the global energy use. Over half of all data centers in the world have been deployed in the Unite...

How municipalities across North America and Europe are innovating food waste solutions through policy and community action By Bowie Yin Sum Kung Credits: Rachel Claire / Pexels Food waste is a giant c...

By Alexander Ochs, Editor-in-Chief A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to present on the above topic to a group of engineers from all over the world. The session was co-organised by Engineering ...

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