#globalization

[…] Featuring over 70 elections and 4.2 billion voters, 2024 represents a landmark year in political participation. With half of this election super year over, it is time to take stock of past results, [...]

[…] The Quest for Cohesion Policy’s Mission Cohesion Policy should achieve many goals when simultaneously establishing social, economic and territorial cohesion: Helping lagging regions to catch up, [...]

[…] Great insights and food for thought: International research on countering disinformation concluded Disinformation does not stop at borders. Countermeasures must therefore be just as international and [...]

[…] In the most important Mexican elections in the recent past, two female candidates competed over the presidency – and Claudia Sheinbaum won a historic victory.  This historical breakthrough is no [...]

[…] Germany goes to the polls: How can we combat disinformation? In the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s project “Forum against Fakes. Together for a strong democracy”, more than 120 citizens have devised 15 [...]

[…] The world's largest democracy is headed for the polls. But even before the election in India concludes, it is almost certain that Narendra Modi will be the one and only winner. The prime minister has [...]

[…] A war on the EU's border has shaken its security order. China is becoming more and more of a rival and the future of Europe's transatlantic relations seems uncertain, while advancing climate change [...]

[…] In December 2023, the European Council made a historic decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. In doing so, it underlined that enlargement is a geo-strategic investment in peace, [...]

[…] Wie gestalten wir Fachkräftemigration partnerschaftlich und zukunftsfähig? Welche Chancen ergeben sich, wenn Aus- und Weiterbildung Hand in Hand mit Migrationspolitik gehen? Wie können wir durch [...]

[…] It’s almost become rote. Every five years we pro-Europeans say, "These European elections are the most important ever." For the record: A few months before the European elections in 2009, Lehman [...]