A term primarily used in physics and thermodynamics, entropy is defined by Britannica.com as: [Entropy is] the measure of a system’s thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work. Because work is obtained from ordered molecular motion, the amount of entropy is also a measure of the molecular disorder, or randomness, […]

Advances in computation, artificial intelligence, and data-driven science are often discussed in terms of productivity, automation, and economic growth. Yet their most important consequence may lie elsewhere. They are gradually changing how knowledge is produced, how critical sectors of the economy are organized, and ultimately who gets to participate in technological progress. The question is […]

Markets reward audacity, until suddenly, they don't

Day by day, the country of the next crisis is being built. It is no secret—every poll that measures things beyond voting intention says so. So be it. Addicted to this political game, we can call our favorite pollster and ask, “What do the secret polls say?” even on election night

We share a common history and a deep friendship. We are both confronted with unprecedented challenges, in an international scenario where traditional references have been lost

Drawing on historical maps, Arab and Greek sources, and the shared heritage of the Mediterranean, I argue for the preservation of historical nomenclature and the defense of cultural memory against revisionist interpretations

Two new parties emerging in the Greek political scene born out of widespread disatisfaction with different aspects of the status quo

Greece’s Speaker of Parliament is sounding the alarm. “Future historians will write about a state and a society committing gradual demographic suicide,” Nikitas Kaklamanis warned, referring to the country’s population decline.

Le Pen and Erdogan feed each other without affection. Erdogan pressures Europe; Le Pen gains an exhibit. Le Pen weakens Europe; Erdogan gains space

Unlike democracy, which is inclusive to the point of risking itself, the Center and its fringes cannot accommodate everyone

As far-right influence spreads through media, publishing and cinema, artists and intellectuals across Europe are warning that the battle for culture has become a battle for democracy itself

From the looks of it, that is exactly how we will head to the polls— with little reason to hope that the turmoil will subside on election night

Plato, Institutional Equilibrium, and the Politics of Participation in the Asia-Pacific

Water security now directly affects energy systems. Energy systems increasingly determine industrial competitiveness. Industrial competitiveness increasingly shapes geopolitical stability

In a modern European country, the operation of public infrastructure should be governed by fundamental principles: transparency, equality before the law, and equal access. When these principles erode, the result is not merely dysfunction—it is a distortion that gradually becomes entrenched. Something along these lines appears to have been unfolding for years at the Tatoi […]

For many Greek islands, desalination has already shifted from “expensive last resort” to economic necessity

When will the elections be held, who will be the next one. Fine material for public analysis and private gossip, but neither analysis nor gossip can build the next day

There’s not much you can say in a country where two 17-year-old girls link hands, then leap off a roof to their deaths. Best to keep your mouth shut.

Seventy-six years ago, Robert Schuman proposed a bold vision: that European nations, still scarred by war, should unite their coal and steel production under a common authority — laying the foundations for what would later become the European Union.

European boards face a paradox that traditional financial analysis cannot solve: Why is access to credit tightening even as central banks ease monetary policy?