futures literacy Europe

How Europe Can Reclaim Its Future: Seven Priorities for a Future-Competent Continent

Part 2: Conclusion and perspectives Part 1 offered an overview of the…


Future of Europe

State and Prospects of Europe: Why the Continent Needs “More Future”

Part 1: A Broad Overview of the Challenges Europe faces significant challenges…


Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski: Border Controls are Damaging German-Polish Relations

He is one of the foremost experts on German-Polish relations. Karolewski talks…


Global Gateway

Global Gateway: a Turning Point for the EU-Africa Strategy in Its Growing Competition with China

Back in 2021, the European Union launched its Global Gateway plan with the aim…


The Rise of the Future: What Prospects for Science, Research and the Public?

This paper discusses the increasing importance of futures thinking around the…


Europe Day

Europe Day, but Make it Meaningful: Does the EU Need Better Rituals?

Every year on May 9th, the European Union celebrates Europe Day. But beyond the…


Western Balkan Tariffs

Trade, Regional Stability and Geopolitics: The Six Western Balkan Countries are in the Crossfire of US Tariffs

The Western Balkan region was not immune to President Trump’s intent to “make…


Albania Model

The Revised Italian 'Albania Model', Still Not Working

On 28 March, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a decree law to change…


Politics

Politics in the 21st Century

Politics no longer solves problems. This is how many voters justify their…