Organizations

Swedish pop quartet whose recordings, Eurovision breakthrough, and later stage and screen adaptations achieved international success.

Alternative for Germany is a German political party founded in 2013, associated with Euroscepticism, nationalism, and right-wing populism.

ATLAS is a general-purpose particle-physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, designed to investigate fundamental particles and interactions.

Bauhaus was a German art and design school (1919–1933) whose modernist principles shaped architecture and design education worldwide.

Bell Labs is an industrial research organization established in 1925 whose discoveries helped shape modern telecommunications, electronics, and computing.

South Korean pop group formed in 2006, known for member-led songwriting, stylistic variety, and international success.

Private American aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, developing reusable rockets, rocket engines and lunar landers.

A national museum in London preserving and interpreting collections of human history, art, and culture from across the world.

BTS is a seven-member South Korean pop group whose recordings, performances, and international fandom helped expand K-pop’s global reach.

The California Institute of Technology is a private research university in Pasadena, California, specializing in science and engineering.

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with programs spanning technology, science, business, public policy, humanities, and the arts.

The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, led by the pope in Rome and organized around bishops, sacraments, and a long tradition of doctrine, governance, and social and cultural engagement.

CERN is an intergovernmental research organization near Geneva that operates particle accelerators and supports international investigations into the fundamental constituents and interactions of matter.

China’s ruling political party, founded in 1921, with a central role in the country’s government, military, and public institutions.

A research university in Hong Kong, founded in 1963, distinguished by bilingual education and a collegiate system.

American professional baseball franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio, established in 1901 and known as the Indians from 1915 through 2021.

CMS is a general-purpose experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider that studies fundamental particles and interactions.

Columbia University is a private research university in New York City, founded in 1754 as King’s College and a member of the Ivy League.

Cornell University is a private, land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York, and a member of the Ivy League.

A nonprofit organization and public licensing framework for sharing and reusing creative works and knowledge.

DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company based in Hangzhou, known for releasing large language models with open weights, especially the reasoning model R1.

A major Taiwanese political party founded in 1986, associated with democratization, Taiwanese identity, and progressive policy platforms.

The Eagles are an American rock band whose vocal harmonies and crossover songwriting helped bring country rock into the popular mainstream.

ETH Zurich is a Swiss federal university specializing in science, engineering, mathematics, and architecture.

The European Union’s directly elected parliamentary institution, sharing legislative and budgetary authority and scrutinising other EU institutions.

The European Union is a treaty-based political and economic union of 27 European countries with shared institutions, laws, and policies.

The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States, created in 1913 to stabilize the banking system and now responsible for monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States, responsible for monetary policy, financial supervision, and payment services.

The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society founded in 1666 that promotes scientific research, provides expert advice, and supports scientific education and international cooperation.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures is the intergovernmental authority responsible for international measurement policy and the International System of Units.

South Korean girl group formed in 2007 whose recordings and performances helped expand K-pop’s international audience.

American technology company within Alphabet, known for internet search, digital advertising, software platforms, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.

Huawei-led automotive alliance and sales network, operating in mainland China, whose partner brands build electric vehicles using Huawei's software, design and channel support.

Harvard University is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636 and the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

Chinese tea drink chain founded in 2012, known for cheese-foam tea and fruit tea, with stores in China and abroad.

A Yemeni political and armed movement rooted in Zaydi revivalism and a principal actor in Yemen’s war and Red Sea insecurity.

IBM is an American multinational technology company whose activities span enterprise software, computing infrastructure, consulting, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.

A cubic-kilometre neutrino detector built into the Antarctic ice at the South Pole, used to study high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.

An independent research institution in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1930 to support fundamental inquiry across the sciences and humanities.

The IPCC is a United Nations body that assesses scientific knowledge about climate change, its impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body that assesses knowledge about biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people to inform public policy.

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures coordinates international measurement standards, maintains reference time scales, and supports worldwide measurement comparability.

An independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists people affected by armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law.

The International Court of Justice is the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, settling legal disputes between states and issuing advisory opinions.

A permanent international court that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

The Ivy League is an association of eight private U.S. universities, formally founded in 1954 as an athletic conference.

Chinese state-linked automaker based in Hefei, Anhui; trucks, passenger cars and electric vehicles.

The judiciary comprises courts and judges that resolve legal disputes, interpret and apply law, and exercise powers defined by a legal system.

Karolinska Institute is a Swedish medical university founded in 1810, specializing in health sciences and associated with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

A public research university in London, founded in 1829 and a founding college of the University of London.

The Chinese Nationalist Party, which governed mainland China before relocating to Taiwan and becoming a participant in its multiparty democracy.

The League of Nations was an international organization that pursued peace, collective security, and international cooperation from 1920 to 1946.

A legislature is a public institution authorized to make laws, represent constituencies, approve public finances, and scrutinize government within a constitutional framework.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, combining scientific and technical education with research across many disciplines.

Micron Technology is an American semiconductor company that develops and manufactures memory chips and data-storage products for computing, communications, automotive, and industrial applications.

Chinese franchise chain of ice cream and tea drink stores, founded in Zhengzhou in 1997 and known for low prices and rapid franchise-led growth.

Moonshot AI is a Beijing-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2023 that develops the Kimi chatbot and a family of large language models, several released with open weights.

The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was Germany's far-right, antisemitic mass party. Under Adolf Hitler it took power in 1933 and ruled as a one-party dictatorship until 1945.

A New York City baseball franchise whose championship dynasties, celebrated players, and distinctive identity have shaped Major League Baseball.

An independent body of 50 Karolinska Institutet professors that selects the Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine.