Category: Politics - Page 21

The capacity to ‘compete’—rethinking the welfare state

Rather than a ‘burden on the taxpayer’, the welfare state should be understood in normative terms as productive social investment.

Trump’s return promises bold rhetoric but faces stark economic and global challenges.

How the EU must act to survive mounting global threats.

Elon Musk’s bid to “reinvent” government through Trump’s advisory DOGE commission will likely be a meme-worthy spectacle.

Democrats must offer more than opposition—they need a bold vision for economic and political renewal.

Progressives face the urgent challenge of defending democracy without reinforcing the very divisions that fuel its decline.

Grand promises of a “strong social Europe” have given way to a sidelined agenda.

The EU faces mounting pressure to address economic, security, and climate challenges.

Europeans are torn between fearing the vulnerabilities of American decline and seeing in it a chance to assert their own autonomy.

A strike at The Guardian exposes a deeper crisis of solidarity and purpose within the liberal left.

Historical precedents highlight the challenges of finding a sustainable peace.

As the war grinds on with devastating costs, the path to a ceasefire may lie in difficult compromises.

Rising conflicts and EU aspirations for autonomy revive the call for a European defence force

Reforming state aid rules could revolutionize the integration of disabled people.

After decades of inequality and broken promises, voters chose disruption over progress.

Workers feel abandoned by the centre-left. To reclaim their trust, progressives must deliver bold policies and engage directly with their concerns.