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As empires grab resources and discard international law, the EU must forge a new social federalism—or become a vassal.

Branko Milanovic asks whether we should continue to teach comparative economic systems to broaden students' horizons, or if the global ubiquity of capitalism renders such historical study obsolete.

Europe's financial sector is racing to adopt artificial intelligence—but workers are being left behind without a voice in the transformation.

Gordon Brown emphasizes that America’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations is at odds with global public opinion.

Donald Trump's assault on the Federal Reserve should finally convince progressives that monetary autonomy is a democratic necessity.

AI transcription tools promise efficiency but bring legal exposure, surveillance risks, and threats to fundamental rights.

Nina L. Khrushcheva suspects that the Trump administration’s recent actions may have shaken the Russian leader’s confidence.

Viktor Orbán's pseudo-democratic questionnaires manufacture consent rather than measure it, yet European media uncritically repeat their results as fact.

The rush to "simplify" sustainability reporting ignores the lessons of 2008 and imperils Europe's financial system.

The EU's fastest-growing economy of the past two decades risks stalling unless it dramatically increases its rock-bottom spending on research and education.

Europe's leading public intellectual offers a flawed, Eurocentric reading of US politics that obscures more than it reveals.

Joseph E. Stiglitz thinks the rest of the world should plan for the worst and pursue a policy of containment of the US.

The centre-left's defensive crouch has made it look like a guardian of an unfair status quo—radical reformism offers escape.

Europe's leaders, paralysed by fear, are repeating the mistakes of the 1930s—and hastening their own irrelevance.