A Post-American Europe Must Build Its Own Power
As Washington turns transactional and Beijing rises, Europe must convert its economic weight into genuine strategic power.
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Sociology Is Surrendering Its Public Voice to Philosophy
As modernity falters, sociology cannot diagnose the society it once helped define — and philosophy has taken its place.
No Procedure Can Manufacture a European Demos
Across federalist, fiscal and deliberative proposals, Europe's reformers keep deferring the one question integration cannot bypass.
Targeted Infrastructure Spending Slows AfD Gains In Germany’s Industrial Heartlands
Targeted infrastructure spending dampens AfD vote growth in Germany's transition-pressured regions, but innovation funding still bypasses them.
The Forty-Year Gap Between Europe’s Equality Law And Its Practice
European law forces 40 per cent gender balance on listed boardrooms but exempts the cabinets that actually wield public power.
Deregulation Will Make Europe Poorer, Not Stronger
Three former European Commissioners warn that scrapping social protections in pursuit of competitiveness will leave the Union weaker, not stronger.
Declining Dollar Dominance: Potential Euro Gains
Without large-scale joint debt and deeper safe-asset markets, the euro cannot capitalise on Trump's assault on dollar credibility.
May 8 Belongs in the Calendar of Every European Democracy
As eyewitnesses fade and the far right reframes liberation as defeat, EU institutions must answer with policy.
Madrid Has the Cure for Trump-Era Energy Shocks
Spain's heretical VAT cut tames inflation—a model for Europe as Trump's tariffs and Middle East shocks bite.
AI Productivity Growth Won’t Match the Computer Revolution
AI Productivity growth will underwhelm, not because the technology is weak, but because it creates a bottleneck that earlier digital tools largely avoided.
MAGA Forges Christianity Into a Weapon of War
From Hegseth's crusader tattoos to Thiel's apocalyptic sermons, MAGA is fusing Christianity with raw political power.
Hungary After Orbán: Why Tisza’s “New Hungary” May Leave Workers Behind
Hungary's new government promises to restore rule of law — but not labour rights.
Europe’s Migration Promises Are Building A Dangerous Expectation Trap
Stricter return rules and border procedures sell reassurance to voters, but the evidence suggests Europe cannot deliver what politicians promise.
Europe Chose Greek Deficits Over Hungarian Democracy
In April 2010, the EU betrayed Greece and enabled Orbán — and has yet to reckon with either.
Hungary’s Long Road From Electoral Autocracy to Plural Democracy
Péter Magyar's election victory gives Hungary its best chance in a generation to break with a centuries-long pattern of authoritarian rule.
Silicon Valley’s Anti-Democratic Turn Begins at Work
Silicon Valley's quarrel with democracy is not abstract — it begins in the workplace, where unilateral authority is normalised.
Deregulation Demands Threaten the EU’s Best Chance to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Employer lobbying to weaken the EU Pay Transparency Directive risks condemning European women to decades more of unequal pay.