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The European Union has been on a path-dependent trajectory since its foundation towards market-clearing. Its mission needs to be redefined as social-embedding. Roberta Ferrara and Valerio Alfonso Bruno  Despite the current slowdown, the European economy is expanding, for the seventh year in a row. Social and economic inequalities within EU member states …

The current protests in Iran may be a sign that the regime is now getting a taste of its own medicine after years of spreading instability and terror in the region. Hany Ghoraba  To elaborate on the destructive role played by the Iranian regime in the region since 1979 would …

The Trump administration is not only upturning long-held baselines on the Middle East peace process but challenging the foundations of 20th century international peace and security Hussein Haridy  On 20 January, three years will have passed since the moment US President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th American …

Egyptianstreets For many decades, Egypt has been a beacon of intellect and culture. Egyptian newspapers, music, movies, television shows and literature mirrored Egypt’s cultural, economic and political stronghold in the Middle East and North Africa. So important were the political narrative and developments coming out of Egypt that the country …

After carving up the continent in the 19th century, Europe owes Africa all assistance in its quest for development. Laila Takla  Human rights are based on the principal of equality, meaning “all rights to all people”. They also infer equality between countries, all of which have equal rights and duties …

It is an indictment on Israel that the crimes Netanyahu is being charged with are so small compared to the crimes he has committed in Israel’s name. James Zogby  After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Binyamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging from …

Journalism has never been more challenging—and never more important. Karin Pettersson  The news-media industry has long lamented how the digital revolution has broken its business models. Today, a majority of digital advertising money goes to Facebook and Google, and media companies are struggling to reinvent themselves through digital subscriptions. But …

What do we really know about the Israeli press. Samir Sobhi  It is a fact that Israeli journalists know a lot about Egypt’s press. It is also not a secret that we know little about their press. Most ordinary people in Egypt know nothing at all about journalism in Israel, …

References to ‘the people’ are misleading. Populism is no democratic corrective. Daphne Halikiopoulou The world is changing rapidly. Artificial intelligence, climate change and demographic shifts shape the structures of our societies and determine what types of new challenges they face. It is only to be expected that social change will …

Branko Milanovic explains how globalisation has allowed small states to become major players and big cities to outgrow their nation-states. Branko Milanovic  In a series of books, and especially in Antifragile, Nassim Taleb has introduced an important concept—that of being antifragile, referring to ‘things that gain from disorder’. ‘Fragile’ is, …