When Trump’s Push Comes to Shove in Europe
In one video clip, a glimpse of the Trump team’s plan to divide Europe, cozy up to right-wing dictatorships, and rally the extreme right.
Brexit, a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Britain has a lot to lose from Brexit, but the EU will fare worse.
Witnessing The Birth Of A New Nationalist World Order
The world urgently needs a new generation of democratic internationalists — or there won’t be much of a world left when Trump’s confederacy of oligarchs gets through with it.
Can Europe Resist the Trump Tide?
Austria’s latest vote shows the European ideal isn’t dead yet. But the far right is rising quickly.
It Can’t Happen Here (But It Just Did)
Now we all stand on the precipice — of aggressive nationalism, of ugly prejudice, of climate change, of despair.
When States Dream, Is Syria Their Nightmare?
Syria is emerging as a metaphor for the fragmentation and chaos that the modern world barely contains.
Why a “Trumpxit” May Be Harder Than it Looks
Looking for a place to escape from President Trump? You’re running out of options.
The UK’s Brexit Hangover
Many “no” voters are experiencing buyer’s remorse, but this could be the wake up call the leadership in Brussels needs to make the EU a more responsive institution.
Brexit: A Nail in the Coffin of Neo-colonialism in Africa
The breaking of Euro-North American spheres of dominance would be a victory for the internationalism represented by movements for social, political, and economic integration in Africa and Latin America.
Does the Brexit Vote Mark the End of Internationalism?
Far-right nationalists and neoliberal capitalists will survive the demise of institutions like the EU. What about the rest of us?
EU Trade Policy Conference
IPS Fellow Manuel Pérez-Rocha a featured panelist at the international conference, “EU Trade Policy at the Crossroads: between Economic Liberalism and Democratic Challenges.”
Blood from a Stone
I went to Athens to see what economic catastrophe looks like on the ground. What I saw shocked me.
Why Won’t Greece Take a Deal?
Half of young Greeks are unemployed, and over 40 percent live in poverty. Is default really worse than letting Europe squeeze the country dry?
Why the World Is Becoming the Un-Sweden
Convergence theory predicted that the world would become like Swedish social democracy. Why has the opposite happened?
The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse
The complex federal project of the EU has proven fragile in the absence of a strong external threat.