Once optimistic, key European leaders who backed Donald Trump now face stinging tariffs and a new, uncompromising Washington.

Minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe continue to rise, narrowing the gap with Western European levels.

Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”), ...

As wealth concentrates at the top, Europe must act now to defend democracy and economic stability for all.

In 1945 post-war Britain was moved (and entertained) by a celebrated romantic movie called “Brief Encounter”. It starred ...

Trump’s return highlights why Europe must build its own AI ecosystem—secure, competitive, and true to its values.

Can China and Russia offer an alternative social model to the universal norms they reject? The evidence says no. Since 2013, when China´s gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed that of the United ...

The movement is adapting its strategy to advocate for social climate policies amid a changing political landscape. From Greta Thunberg’s one-woman protests in 2018, to global demonstrations by ...

Branko Milanovic charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace. The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, at the UN General Assembly, her husband, Volodymyr ...

Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not.

For 40 years, elites in rich and poor countries promised neoliberal policies would lead to faster growth and the benefits would trickle down so that everyone would be better off. Joseph E Stiglitz At ...