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Conservative Europeanism: A Forgotten Tradition

Posted Nov 18, 2025| by Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Recent decades have seen conservatism drift towards nationalism and the EU towards progressive technocracy, creating a damaging rift. Reuniting the two is not only historically coherent; it is politically urgent, notes Federico Ottavio Reho of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. A renewed conservative... Read More

Preparing the EU for Enlargement

Posted on Nov 18, 2025 | in category: Improving global governance | by Globsec

The enlargement of the European Union continues to hold promise for fostering peace and greater stability, bolstering security, and driving win-win strategies that support regional, national, and supranational development. However, there is no time to spare, with the recent protracted enlargement pause already adversely impacting... Read More

Hurricane Melissa’s Destruction Shows Need for Climate Resilience Push

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Climate Home News

Innovative policies on debt relief and investment could plug finance gaps that are leaving small island nations exposed to climate disasters and rising seas. Avinash Persaud and Emily Wilkinson note in their comment for Climate Home News that Category Five hurricane Melissa has shown the... Read More

A Rights-based Approach to Digital Health

Posted on Nov 18, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Privacy International

This article summarises Privacy International’s view on why a rights-based approach to digital health is needed for privacy. People’s needs in relation to these rights can differ. What states must do to provide for those rights, so that they can both be achieved without unfair... Read More

What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Financial Advisor Magazine

There are frequent headlines about companies using AI to perform white-collar jobs, especially those typically filled by new graduates and those lower down the career ladder. Philip Aghion, Simon Bunel, and Xavier Jaravel note in the Financial Advisor Magazine that while many commentators warn that... Read More

The Case for Gradual Population Decline

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 | in category: Sharing core norms and values | by Gonzalo Raffo Info News

In a free society, fertility should not be determined by politicians or economists, but by individuals, particularly by women, Adair Turner suggests in the publication Gonzalo Raffo Info News. The key question, then, is what people themselves want, not what experts think the optimal fertility... Read More

US Public Opinion on Foreign Policy, Trade, and President Donald Trump’s Performance

Posted on Nov 18, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by German Marshall Fund of the U.S

Views in the United States are divided not only along partisan political lines, but also between the young and the old, between those with more and less education, and by income level. As for President Trump, majorities are critical of his handling of both international... Read More