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11.09.2018
“Populism is pro-social”: Trade Unions in a Changing EuropeWelfare and Social Issues

An interview on the 21st-century challenges facing the trade union movement, from energy transition to new forms of work.

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04.09.2018
“Call It Tough Love.” Holding Europe to Its Own IdealFuture of EU

According to Oxford academic Kalypso Nicolaïdis, the EU is much more resilient than it gets credit for. We sat down to discuss the state of the Union today and the key challenges to safeguard the future of Europe in a time when the world needs it most.

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28.08.2018
The Human Cost of European Arms SalesPolitics

We interviewed UK-based activists Campaign Against Arms Trade on the public-private nexus of power that drives EU arms exports despite widespread public opposition.

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26.08.2018
A Korea Re-United?Democracy

Green reflections on prospects for prosperity, peace and a brighter future after a visit to North Korea.

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24.08.2018
The New Urban Crisis: A Manifesto for the Status QuoWelfare and Social Issues

Growing inequality has become a hallmark of many cities. For this reviewer, Richard Florida's latest book is a worrying prescription for more of the same.

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17.08.2018
Different Fuel, Same FireClimate and Energy

We need a coal phase-out, fast. But promoting wood burning as an environmentally friendly alternative is a move out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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15.08.2018
The UK Plastic Crisis UnwrappedEnvironment

Public momentum to tackle plastic waste is strong in the UK, but political barriers stall further progress.

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14.08.2018
A Lawless Zone: Surveillance Technologies and the PoliceJustice

New surveillance technologies and AI are rapidly transforming policing, but what does this mean for civil liberties?

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09.08.2018
On the Move: Experiences of Migration from PolandMigration

An interview on the evolving experiences of Polish migrants and the political currents which underpin them.

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07.08.2018
The Population Was “Frozen”: Why Hungarians Started MigratingMigration

An interview examining the driving forces and effects of changing attitudes to migration in Hungary.

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