Municipal wifi — a municipal responsibility or best left to the private sector?

Should free wifi and Internet programs be a municipal responsibility for cities, or should it remain in the hands of the private sector to deliver? The answer is less technical than you think.

Leadership Competencies- by Leaders around the World

Mutti : The twenty first century leader

Angela Merkel or Mutti as she is fondly called by the Germans is named the TIME Magazine Person of the year 2015. She has been elected the chancellor of Germany thrice and is called the de facto leader of the European Union.Such appreciation of leadership in a…

A Look Into: The Venus Project

Beyond Politics Poverty and War.

For our Democracy to Really Work…

One of the issues that has been haunting the current governments is the difference in opinion and…

Uber and the Politics of Change in the 21st Century

At the beginning of their book, City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy (2002), Dennis Judd and Todd Swanstrom write, “City governments can influence, but they do not control, the voluntary actions and decisions that, taken together…

The Wicked: Leadership and the Philippine War on Drugs

Would data end the air pollution in Beijing?

“Haze” has always been a popular word in China since 2013, as both residents and…

What’s a Smart City?

"Three million people move to cities every week.” — City Metric

Cybersecurity: A sitting Duck

Cyber terrorism and cyber crime are an overlooked threat to national and personal security. Misha Glenny, a…

Affordable Housing Under a Shared Economy

Imagine spending up to 7 million dollars on a regular 1400 square feet apartment in big…

A ‘Noah’s Ark’ Colony on the Red Planet

“To a President.

All you are doing and saying is to America…

A Yuge Obstacle for Public Sector Innovation

Indicators from the Presidential Debate.

How does a policy become diffused?

Among the main questions about policy studies are: how a policy is created and how does it become…

Tech giants — thrive or disruption?

Urban Technological Infrastructure

In 2014, the New York Police Department received $160 million from the Manhattan District…

Stop-And-Frisk Reforms in NYC

During the Mayor De Blasio administration, the Stop-And-Frisk practice in NYPD ended. This practice…

State digitalization: When the efforts bear fruit