What Hungary Can Learn From Poland
Following Tisza’s victory over Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party in Sunday’s election, the opposition faces an uphill battle in trying to restore Hungary’s democracy.
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EU Inc. Trades Worker Rights for Silicon Valley Fantasy
The European Commission's proposed EU Inc. corporate form promises startup-friendly simplicity but threatens worker participation, collective power, and Europe's social model.
From Hitler’s Industrialists to Trump’s Tech Bros: The Case for Democracy at Work
The alignment of America's tech billionaires with authoritarian politics echoes 1930s industrial collaboration — but Germany and Spain offer a democratic remedy.
Big Tech and Populism Share a Common Enemy: Democratic Oversight
As artificial intelligence concentrates power among a handful of technology giants, the structural interests of those firms and of populist politics are quietly converging around a shared hostility to institutional constraints.
The United States Faces a Crisis It Once Diagnosed in Others
Historians and political scientists now identify the United States as exhibiting the very warning signs it once monitored in fragile states abroad.
Empire Resurgent: How Ultra-Nationalism Is Dismantling the World Order
The Israeli-US strike on Iran is not an isolated event, but the latest lurch in a systemic breakdown of international order — and the world must respond.
America’s Middle East War Exposes the Collapse of Its Own Strategy
The attack on Iran has shattered the very non-interventionist vision Trump's own national security document enshrined just weeks earlier.
The Relative Rise of Europe’s Poor
Europe's poorer nations and citizens are climbing the income ladder — and the data show the Union is more cohesive than its critics claim.
Four Decades of Data Reveal a European Workforce Transformed Beyond Recognition
Eurofound's 2024 working conditions survey charts how digitalisation, demography, and climate change have reshaped European labour over 35 years.
Europe Absorbs Orbán’s Playbook Even as Hungary May Reject It
As Hungary nears a pivotal vote, Russian operatives and an entrenched power network cloud the path to democratic change.
Behind the Benchmarks: How EU Social Policy Fails Its Own Beneficiaries
EU social policy measures outputs efficiently — but the lived experience of its supposed beneficiaries tells a very different story.
Abandoning International Law Means Choosing the Road to Great Barbarism
The normalisation of war demands not the burial of international law, but its urgent reinvention — and Europe must lead the charge.
The Male Norm in Occupational Health Costs Women Their Wellbeing
Workplace health and safety policies built around a male default leave millions of women exposed to risks that better regulation could prevent.
Growth Without Resilience: Europe’s Hidden Social Fracture
A recent EU survey exposes the chasm between headline economic data and the financial reality confronting households across Europe.
The Vulnerability of Trump’s Personality Cult
Trump's personality cult follows a well-worn historical playbook — but his pathological narcissism ensures he cannot deploy it effectively.
Social Rights: The Idea Whose Time Has Come?
A remarkable consensus on social rights is emerging as Europe's answer to inequality, democratic backsliding and geopolitical upheaval.
Proportional Representation Is Breaking Dutch Democracy
As coalition formation grows ever more tortuous, the Netherlands must confront whether proportional representation itself is the problem.