Niccolò Pisani, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
The EU’s biggest economy is on its uppers. Turning it around may involve additional pain in the short term.
Workers from the Spanish nonprofit Open Waters rescue 178 migrants from different countries, off the coast of Italy in September 2023.
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Germany and Italy are among the countries that are looking for ways to handle rises in undocumented migration and, in many cases, are making it harder for people to remain in their countries.
Donald Trump claims he can force an end to the Ukraine war in 24 hours if he becomes president.
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The Treaty of Lisbon celebrates its 15th anniversary on 13 December. Looking back, experts agree that it played a big part in structuring the EU as we know it. It reinforced the role of Commission President…
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks in the capital Kinshasa.
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Australian governments have invested a lot of hope in hydrogen to help drive the net zero transition, but concrete policies are urgently needed or we will lose our hydrogen advantage to other nations.
The controversial Dutch politician has won the most seats in parliament, but may still find it expedient to be the junior partner in a coalition government
A sealing boat is dwarfed by a passenger ferry as it makes its way through heavy ice in North Sydney, N.S., in March 2009.
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Fan Yang, The University of Melbourne and Ausma Bernot, Charles Sturt University
How can the world regulate AI? Europe’s comprehensive approach, China’s tightly targeted laws, and America’s dramatic executive order hint at three ways forward.
A container ships docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island in 2019.
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While the return of a wealth tax in France and Germany seems unlikely, the reality is different at EU level, where supporters play up the climate argument.