Giorgia on my mind: The Italian election and European foreign policy
The success of Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy in the recent Italian general election has sent shudders around Europe. With Meloni set to form a coalition of right-wingers and Eurosceptics, her for...
30 Sep 202232min
Survive and thrive: A European plan to support Ukraine in the long war against Russia
Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial military mobilisation in Russia reinforces the idea that the Ukraine war will not end quickly and that Ukraine and its partners need to prepare for a long wa...
23 Sep 202230min
Rogue NATO: The new face of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
This week's Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit makes tangible the existence of an alternative international community. Featuring leaders from Russia, China, and India it is the organisatio...
16 Sep 202231min
The future of open society with Leonard Benardo
As fundamental freedoms are being challenged worldwide, the very idea of open societies is being questioned. The crisis of liberalism and the decline of the West, together with increased disinformatio...
9 Sep 202236min
Rethinking global interdependence - Live from the European Forum Alpbach
Global crises – from the covid-19 pandemic and climate change to Russia's war on Ukraine have challenged the core tenets of the globalised world. Europe has been at the centre of this upheaval. And th...
2 Sep 202231min
Another world is possible: The transformative power of political imagination
In his recent book “Another World Is Possible”, Geoff Mulgan – professor of collective intelligence, public policy, and social innovation at University College London – identifies a crisis that does n...
12 Aug 202231min
Machtwechsel: The new generation of German politicians
Germany's ‘traffic light’ coalition has ushered in a new age of German politics – and a new generation of political figures. Last year, in a departure from the staid Merkel era, German citizens electe...
5 Aug 202233min
Winter is coming: Europe’s energy transition and the war in Ukraine
As blistering heatwaves and raging forest fires sweep across Europe, climate change is once again back on the agenda. But Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the consequent reduction in energy supplies to ...
29 Juli 202230min
