Appeasing Trump Makes Him More Dangerous by the Day
Europe’s leaders, paralysed by fear, are repeating the mistakes of the 1930s—and hastening their own irrelevance.
Politics
Analysis and debate on European and national politics, democracy, the rule of law, parties and elections, and Europe’s place in the world.
Can Hungary’s Opposition Finally Break Orbán’s Grip on Power?
After 15 years of Fidesz rule, an unlikely challenger threatens Viktor Orbán’s grip on Hungary but formidable obstacles remain.
Strength Without Weight: Ideas For A Post-Bureaucratic State
Geoff Mulgan reimagines the state as a lean, agile force that delivers power without the drag of bureaucracy.
Venezuela And The Decline Of American Democracy
Timothy Snyder sees a familiar connection between US domestic repression and escalating foreign aggression.
Project 2025: From Nightmare To Reality
Trump has followed the Heritage Foundation’s 920-page blueprint almost to the letter, and its real enemy is internationalist socialism.
Europe Must Re-Build Its Architecture—Now!
The US National Security Strategy confirms what Europeans already suspected: they must forge their own continental framework.
Europe’s Rail Renaissance: Why the Continent Must Finally Bet on Its Own Trains
The EU has the technology, the workers and the demand—now it needs the political will to turn its railway industry into a climate-policy success story.
Can the EU Still Escape the Authoritarian Pull of the USA?
Waning US leadership and China’s new world order compel Europe to unite or face marginalization.
The EU’s Largest Investment Programme Holds Lessons We Cannot Afford to Ignore
The Next Generation EU programme, despite sluggish implementation and limited coverage, reveals how industrial policy can drive green transition—if governments act.
Europe’s Foreign Policy Is Broken by Design—Here’s How to Fix It
Kaja Kallas is not the problem; the EU’s dysfunctional institutional architecture is crippling its global influence.
Chile’s Democracy Faces Its Gravest Test Since Pinochet
Eduardo Engel and Benjamín García
A far-right candidate threatens to dismantle decades of democratic progress in Latin America’s most celebrated success story.
Why European Universities Must Not Follow America’s
The American model has produced rentier capitalism and functional illiteracy—Europe’s universities must return to their civilising mission.
The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU’s sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.
Poland Shows Hungary How Grassroots Democracy Can Defeat Authoritarian Drift
Civil society and local autonomy proved decisive in Poland’s democratic revival—lessons Hungary must now learn.
Why Political Imagination Has Died—And How to Resurrect It
Margaret Thatcher’s ghost haunts global politics as leaders worldwide embrace her “no alternative” mantra, leaving citizens trapped in a system that refuses to acknowledge its own ideology.
Uruguay’s Enduring State: From Century-Old Consensus to Twenty-First Century Trials
Aníbal Peluffo, Patricia González and Viviana Barreto
A nation built on public provision faces new tests as crime, inequality and demographic shifts challenge its foundational social contract.