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    Politics and the public

    The contested ground of shared decisions. Briefs on policy, democracy, conflict and the institutions meant to hold them together.

    1. Public plans and conditional delivery

      ECOWAS can reaffirm a 2027 launch commitment for the Eco; that declaration does not itself settle which governments will exchange national monetary arrangements for a common curre…

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    2. Infrastructure rescue and private leverage

      Cloudflare’s proposed intervention in web publishing starts with its position between content and those accessing it.

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    3. Who controls the cultural frame

      TIME’s location report introduces Alec Guinness as “black of face” and wearing a floral-print dress, then gives him the line “Excuse my skirt.” In this supplied fragment, racial i…

    4. Ownership is not cultural continuity

      Amazon now gets to decide who plays Bond and how the series runs, according to The Global Story’s description.

    5. Who can contest the record

      South Africa’s apartheid state charged Nelson Mandela with offences including treason, incitement and sabotage, placing political resistance inside proceedings controlled by the s…

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