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Will Web3 save liberal democracy? People walking on a walkalator. Photo: David Yu
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Will Web3 save liberal democracy?

Will Web3 strengthen free democracy because of its decentralisation and anonymity of its users?

By Andrés Ortega
22 Feb 2022 //
6 mins Reading time
China’s stance on Ukraine: preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shaking hands. Photo: Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation (CC BY 4.0)
Global Spectator Experts Comments

China’s stance on Ukraine: preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific

China has adopted a complex stance on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine due to its own economic interests.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Feb 2022 //
6 mins Reading time
Putin wins and loses: towards a new European order? Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission, in Ukraine. Photo: Genya Savilov / EC - Audiovisual Service, ©European Union, 2022.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Putin wins and loses: towards a new European order?

Putin is winning with the political-military dispute he is pursuing in Ukraine, while also losing in other respects.

By Andrés Ortega
25 Jan 2022 //
8 mins Reading time
Facing the possibility of a long pandemic. Old movie theater sign. Photo: Old movie theater sign. Photo: Edwin Hooper.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Facing the possibility of a long pandemic

Nobody really knows how this pandemic is set to evolve, whether it is going to last much longer or will run out of steam relatively soon.

By Andrés Ortega
11 Jan 2022 //
5 mins Reading time
More to lose than others: Europe amid the shortages. Empty German motorway in Cologne. Photo: Florian Schmetz @floschmaezz
Global Spectator Experts Comments

More to lose than others: Europe amid the shortages

The EU is exposed to shortages in supply chains and the dependency on other markets

By Andrés Ortega
16 Nov 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
The fight against inequality. Woman in black jacket and black pants lying on gray concrete stairs in Vienna (Austria). Photo: Arno Senoner (@arnosenoner). Elcano Blog
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

The fight against inequality that unites and separates Biden and Xi Jinping

The US and China have a shared problem: the burgeoning inequality despite the growth over the past 20 years

By Andrés Ortega
02 Nov 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
The costs of non-multilateralism. Eiffel Tower illuminated for COP21 in Paris (2015). Photo: Yann Caradec (CC BY-SA 2.0) Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The costs of non-multilateralism

Multilateralism is an alliance of powers and other actors in pursuit of shared goals that we will see come together at COP26 in Glasgow.

By Andrés Ortega
19 Oct 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Wars of the three spheres: the West, the East and the Metaverse. Virtual Reality Headset. Photo: James Yarema @jamesyarema. Elcano Blog
Technology and economics Experts Comments

Wars of the three spheres: the West, the East and the Metaverse

The world could be seen as three interdependent spheres where everything converges and would be operated by many in a decentralized way.

By Andrés Ortega
05 Oct 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Angela Merkel at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (2011). Photo: World Economic Forum (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

No Merkel: Europe’s opportunity?

With the departure of Merkel after four terms in politics and the most popular, the EU loses a figurehead, but gains possibilities.

By Andrés Ortega
21 Sep 2021 //
6 mins Reading time

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