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The AI Frame War: Colorado Chose Its Exit Before the Fight — and Every Democracy Is Now Watching.
Colorado replaced its rights-based AI law on 14 May — not after losing in court, but before waiting to find out. The mechanism of that choice is what…
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Rights Or Growth? Every Democracy Faces the AI Governance Choice That Canada Just Made.
Canada had rights-based AI law cleared for passage. It chose growth instead. The three forces behind that choice are already active in more than a dozen…
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Two Incompatible Models for AI Are Competing for Global Dominance. Only One Can Win.
The EU’s rights model and the US industrial model are competing for the world’s uncommitted governments. Every organisation is already operating inside…
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The Global AI Rulebook Just Split in Two. Which Half Wins Will Shape Every Organisation.
June 2026 redrew the global AI-regulation map. Here’s where major governments now stand — and how every board’s decision-making will be affected.
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The Rot Was Always There: FIFA, Trump and the Myth of Reform
FIFA wasn’t Trumpified — it was ever thus: the corruption is structural, not Trump-made, and the reforms never touched the money.
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March 2026

The Better Corporation
Around the world, the corporate governance landscape is shifting, as efforts to improve business practices and policies gain support and momentum.
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The Tarnished Golden Rule
The norm of reciprocity underpins our modern understanding of human rights and forms the core of the contemporary social contract.
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A New-Model Trump?
On the 27th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the US elected a president who plans to build an even bigger wall, this time on the border with…
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Sex, Lies, and Leadership
Recent revelations that boards have dismissed and covered up child sexual abuse are as shocking as they are sickening.
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Trump’s Alternative Ethical Universe
From the moment Donald Trump entered the US presidential race, the potential for an unprecedented array of ethics violations, stemming from his global…
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Trump the Destroyer
With all the skill of an experienced arsonist, US President Donald Trump is preparing America for a firestorm.
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Why Companies Should Refuse Trump’s Deregulation
US President Donald Trump may seem like a dream come true for business: a businessman himself, he is eager to please companies with extensive…
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