The story behind the mysterious “Moai Statues” of Easter Island
For centuries, the famous Easter Island moai statues have stood tall on this remote Pacific landscape — but who built them, how were they moved, and why were they erected…
AI is the force for change in banking
Chris Skinner I’ve just been reading McKinsey’s latest piece about the AI-powered bank. It reads like a polite consulting report, but underneath it is a fairly brutal critique of the…
9 May: What is left to celebrate?
Can Baydarol 9 May is a day of celebration for the whole of Europe. The defeat of Hitler’s Germany in 1945 is celebrated as a day of victory in both…
Inflation hits a six-month high; the programme has failed; this time, the excuse is the war…
Levent Gürses As inflation begins to rise again, this time the excuse is the war in Iran. Yet the war is affecting the whole world, and despite minor fluctuations, inflation…
With unsupported agriculture, we are heading towards the top spot in the world for food inflation
Osman Şenkul Although economic life 3,000–4,000 years ago was not as complex as it is today, it did exhibit developments similar to what we are experiencing today. For example, the…
Mapping the military AI industry
Dr Alexander Blanchard, Dr Vincent Boulanin & Laura Bruun The involvement of industry is a key aspiration of arms control initiatives on the responsible application of artificial intelligence (AI) in…
Another Italian city bans fossil fuel ads
Martina Igini The Italian city of Genoa on Tuesday joined a growing list of cities and municipalities around the world that are banning the advertisement of polluting products. The motion,…
A novelist’s perspective on the spirit of the times through the concept of ‘accessible luxury’ and a statistical snapshot of poverty
Levent Gürses By the end of 2025, the proportion of wage earners in Turkey earning just 5 per cent above or below the minimum wage had reached 49.6 per cent…
As the petro-dollar myth crumbles, the shift is underway to the “petro-yuan” which will upend the balance of power
Osman Şenkul One of the most important cornerstones of the organised development of international trade is undoubtedly the ‘Silk Road’. The Silk Road, which linked the Far East with Anatolia…