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- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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The gender in Brexit0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 29/11/2016
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU, women will lose from the deal. But it is not too late yet to turn crisis into opportunity.
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The GDPR: cybersecurity, anti-fraud, and why it is a work in progress0
The European Union’s biggest reform of data protection laws in over 20 years – the new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR – has become effective as of May 25.
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The future we want?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/12/2015
Resolution A/RES/66/288 of the United Nations, better known as The Future We Want, is an ambitious document published in 2012 to end the World’s major problems through the sustainable development goals. With the post-2015 development agenda soon to take off, and the climate summit in Paris in foresight, The Future We Want is back in the limelight – if ever gone to begin with. The future will be sustainable. Because that is what we want. Is its essential underpinning, globalization, also the future we want? Jaap Rozema guesses not.
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The future of traffic: (de)regulation of driverless vehicles1
- Digital Policy and Internet Governance, Op-ed
- 25/07/2016
At the beginning of July 2016, a Tesla vehicle that has a built-in Autopilot system crashed with a tractor trailer on a Florida highway, killing the driver. Neither the driver (who allegedly was watching Harry Potter while letting the Autopilot do the driving), neither the Tesla hit the brakes when the trailer appeared in front of the Tesla. Pending investigation by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the radar of the vehicle “tunes out what looks like an overhead road sign to avoid false braking events.” Just days following that incident, another driver was reported to escape a fatal incident thanks in part to the Autopilot.
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The future of press freedom depends on basic income2
- Op-ed
- 09/08/2018
There is a viable policy to protect freedom of press in the age of social media platforms: universal basic income. It shifts the focus from click rates towards deepening public debate. Our democracy may well depend on it.
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The future of EU youth policy: Democracy in puberty0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 09/12/2015
‘Inclusion’ and ‘youth participation’ are at the heart of youth policy at the moment. These concepts are, indeed, crucial when talking about future EU youth policy as our precious democracy is at stake.
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