The year was 2028. For months, social networks had been buzzing with strange rumors. Perfectly realistic videos showed speeches by world...

Purpose:  reduce the risk that AI systems exploit the information ecosystem (social media, deepfakes, polarization) to delegitimize...

1) Central hypothesis Most takeover narratives imagine military agents. Here the hypothesis is different: the AI seeks to collapse...

A Lost Battle Against Bad News and Social Media In politics, not all news is created equal. A “good news story” – a successful reform, a...

For centuries, selling a product or service was a matter of presenting value and waiting for the customer to take notice. Shop windows,...

When Psychic Patterns Mirror the Motifs of the Living World Fractals have fascinated us ever since Benoît Mandelbrot formalized them:...

Between Frozen Authority and Absolute Domination The distinction between dictatorship and totalitarianism is fundamental to understanding...

Democracy is often wrapped in a moral halo, as if its mere existence guarantees justice, equality, and dignity. But democracy is not...

The Case of Western Sahara and the Prospects of the New Russia–West Rivalry The 20th-century Cold War, which pitted the United States...

From Latin America to the Arab world, passing through Africa and Asia, anti-Western sentiment is on the rise, often expressed vehemently...

Power, Endurance, and Peak Performance Professional cycling—and particularly the Tour de France—represents one of the pinnacles of human...

The Soviet Union—and later Russia—did not simply export weapons, ideology, or military aid to the developing world. It exported something...

Justice, understood as a societal ideal, lies at the heart of political struggles, landmark trials, and normative philosophies. Two...

At a time when social media overflows with flag-waving emojis, chest-beating declarations about the "purity" of a nation, and hollow...

Introduction – Understanding the “Paramagical Reason” In The Paramagical Reason: Underdevelopment and Mentalities , Algerian psychiatrist...

Throughout history and into the modern day, many regimes have built their authority not on the freely given consent of the governed, but...

A Unique and Unmatched Culinary Wealth Algerian gastronomy is, without exaggeration, one of the most vast, complex, and refined in the...

In everyday life, we tend to confuse two fundamental notions: intention  and attention . Both are important, but they do not play the...

There is a posture as old as time, but one that our era exposes with cruel irony: that of the despised who in turn become the despisers....

Since the end of World War II, a large part of Western populations — especially in Europe and North America — has followed a relatively...