As Europe hardens its security agenda, it risks weakening the local foundations that make societies resilient in the first ...

A post-American world? Apparently not so bad after all. The collapse of the world order is going much better than expected ...

If it is true that art imitates life, works of imagination can reflect underlying truths about our own experience. The ...

A positive form of populism? Péter Magyar’s victory shows that if you want to beat illiberal forces, voters’ fears must be ...

Samantha Elia is a feminist researcher and trainer currently working as a Senior Programme Manager for Political Feminism in the MENA region at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Her focus areas include ...

Martin Konečný is the founder and director of the European Middle East Project (EuMEP), an independent organisation based in Brussels that focuses on European policy relating to the ...

Adam Kola is the am Vice-Rector for Research at Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU). His research has focused primarily on East and Central European intellectual history, the history of ideas and ...

Khanya Burns-Ncamashe is Head of Democracy at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Africa, focusing on strengthening democratic culture, supporting civil society and advancing inclusive political ...

Britain is set to get its seventh prime minister in a decade. Starmer’s technocratic politics proved ill-suited to an age of populist impatience ...

Oliver Üllenberg is the head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s office in Colombia. He has been working for the FES in various roles since 2003, including in the field of political adult education ...

In a growing number of OECD countries, ‘simplifying’ employment protection is back on the political agenda – from the EU's competitiveness drive to the OECD’s 2025 Economic Outlook. The argument is ...

Happymon Jacob is a strategic researcher, writer and founder of the Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR), as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Shiv Nadar University in Delhi ...