More: European Union
Britain teeters closer to the brink of Brexit
No one can foresee the political developments in the UK that will determine whether it stays in the EU or leaves. Anthony Giddens assesses...
Germany’s sickly economy
“Be more like us” say German policymakers to their EU partners. But Philippe Legrain warns that appearances can be deceptive as Germany suffers from...
Unequal Europe! Uneven Future?
The EU’s prized project of ‘Social Europe’ has been slipping steadily down its political agenda.Frank Vandenbroucke highlights the recommendations of a high-level group he has...
Five steps for closing the transatlantic productivity gap
American companies embraced new information technologies 20 years ago, while Europeans are still hesitating. Bruno Maçães sets out a digital catch-up strategy. ...
Imperative of an EU-Russia strategic reset
Russia vs. the European Union. It is relationship based and built upon a long history of protracted political conflict. Lately, with the crisis in...
GrExit or no: Europe, Greece is stuck in the middle with you!
Who is holding their breath for Greece? Can anyone afford not to hope for the Greek debt deal? Can exit from the eurozone ever...
Global Markets of Misery
Is our global humanitarian system in transition? If so, what are the key issues before the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit "Today's...
The New EU Voting system – the old west-east north-south division
Economic governance reforms and Eurozone consolidation has significant institutional and political consequences: a multiple-tier integration is ever more realistic. „Out” countries seek to mitigate...
Africa and Libya, Then and Now
In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, predominantly working under the banner of the...
If it stays on that course, Europe will become geopolitically irrelevant
Europe is on geopolitical auto-pilot, playing sidekick to America, alienating its Muslim neighbours and subsidising its own citizens rather than its needier neighbours. And...