Blog 3 Columns

The Spanish revival: a closer look at Spain’s economic recovery 2
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 27/06/2015
Spain’s economic growth in 2014 wildly exceeded expectations by outperforming both Germany and France.
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Integrating Roma into Europe’s future: Change must come from within 0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 22/06/2015
It is urgent for national governments to establish frameworks through which victims of discrimination can become aware of their rights and receive fair remedy.
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Is there life after the Islamic State?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 19/06/2015
Who feels safe under the Islamic State and why?
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EU humanitarian aid: Is Nepal on the radar?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 15/06/2015
Although the EU is one of the biggest aid donors in the world, it is often inhibited in its strives by grand political and economic pursuits.
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Net neutrality: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?0
- Digital Policy and Internet Governance, Op-ed
- 12/06/2015
“We need balance between users and service providers which ensures equal treatment and no discrimination”[1], insists one of the youngest European Parliament’s members, Eva Paunova, during the panel discussions on Net neutrality at the European Dialog on the Internet Governance (EuroDig 2015). This argument is not new for these debates that have been ongoing since the late 1990s[2]; however, something has changed.
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The Great Gatsby effect 0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 08/06/2015
The Unites Stated and South Sudan are the only two nations still refusing to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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“Leave it in the ground” – A divestment in ideas 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 02/06/2015
The failure of top-down technocratic climate policy to accelerate decarbonization of the economy has provoked environmentalists to experiment with the idea of divestment in fossil fuel corporations. However arousing excitement among the Left, good intentions don’t always make for good policy.
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Tackling elitism in education: What does that mean for France?1
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 26/05/2015
The failure of top-down technocratic climate policy to accelerate decarbonization of the economy has provoked environmentalists to experiment with the idea of divestment in fossil fuel corporations. However arousing excitement among the Left, good intentions don’t always make for good policy.
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Testing the waters: The difficulty of implementing a cohesive EU Arctic Policy 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 23/05/2015
The European Union, which started a process of legitimizing itself as an Arctic actor, and created a basis for its own foreign policy in the Arctic in 2008, was once again denied the status of full Arctic Council observer.
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