Social Europe

Why Inequality Is Bad For Health

Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its mistaken beliefs. Without easy access

Why The Anti-National Revolution Is Coming

For the past several centuries, the world has experienced a sequence of intellectual revolutions against oppression of one sort or another. These revolutions operate in

Europe’s Challenge From Sub-Saharan Africa

Whilst Europe is fiddling and dallying on the Syrian front, sub-Saharan Africa is burning and Europe seems to be totally unable to do anything about

Of Folk Devils And Moral Panic: Hungary’s Referendum On Mandatory EU Migrant Quotas

For several weeks, streets in Budapest, as elsewhere in Hungary, have been awash with government-funded placards representing an overt incitement to racial and religious hatred.

Appeasement Is Not The Way – Now As Then

As the UN Refugee Summit draws near, within Europe the notion of international protection is being honoured in the breach. New reports of refused asylum

Could Any Good Come Out Of The Brexit Vote?

Will Brexit turn out to be, all things considered, a good thing? I very much doubt it. Essentially because what it amounts to is that

Path To Authoritarianism: The Collapse Of The Politics Of Accommodation

Democracy is built on the values of citizenship and the equal freedom of each and every individual. The rights and duties of each citizen entail

Trump’s Emotional Intelligence Deficit

Last month, 50 former national security officials who had served at high levels in Republican administrations from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush published a letter saying

The Illiberal International

Stalin, in the first decade of Soviet power, backed the idea of “socialism in one country,” meaning that, until conditions ripened, socialism was for the

Working Longer By Working Less?

There are limits to the effectiveness of Member States’ pension reforms… Europe, it’s often said, is experiencing a worsening ageing crisis. European governments grappling with

Setting A New Agenda For Fair World Trade

As the weather cools and Europeans get back to work after the summer break, the temperature of the EU trade policy row is hotting up.

The Attacks On Poles In Britain Is Part Of A Rise Of Nationalism And Racism In Europe. Including Poland

Arkadiusz Jóżwik had been standing outside a pizza take-away in Harlow, Essex, chatting to his friends in Polish, when a group of up to 12