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Turbocharging the Energy Transition

Posted Jul 23, 2024| by European Union Institute for Security Studies

In its ambition to become a green energy and technology hub, the EU has to reckon with China’s dominance over clean tech supply chains. For the EU to achieve its goals, it must embrace innovative emerging technologies, suggests Lukas Trakimavičius in his article for the... Read More

Asian Powers Set Their Strategic Sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 23, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Foreign Policy

The rapid growth of Asian economies and the redistribution of global power in favor of the East heralds a new era in the relationship between Europe and Asia. What began as a shift in economic power, is now extending to the geopolitical, military, and technological... Read More

The ‘Evergreen Economy’: Harnessing the Power of Healthy Longevity

Posted on Jul 23, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by McKinsey&Company

Global life expectancy is now over 70. In high-income countries, 50 percent of children are expected to live to their late 80s or early 90s, although they may not be healthier for longer. It must be assured that people remain productive and engaged for longer... Read More

The Most Dangerous Law in America

Posted on Jul 17, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Democracy Journal

The US President’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed carries with it an implied obligation to act in good faith when exercising the authorities granted by the Constitution and Congress. Joseph Nunn warns in the Democracy Journal that the Insurrection... Read More

Gen AI: A Cognitive Industrial Revolution

Posted on Jul 17, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by McKinsey & Company

The advent of steam power in the late 18th century transformed manufacturing, transportation, and construction. A new kind of upheaval is already under way -one that will energize all language-based capabilities, including communication, reasoning, analysis, sales, and marketing. In this episode of the At the... Read More

Defending Europe with less America

Posted on Jul 17, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by European Council on Foreign Affairs

Competing US priorities and polarised domestic debates, as well as Europe’s deteriorating security environment, mean that Europeans urgently need to strengthen their ability to defend the continent with less input from the US. In this paper for the European Council on Foreign Affairs, Camille Grand... Read More

Labour Market Integration for Refugees: A Social Justice Framework

Posted on Jul 17, 2024 | in category: Reducing poverty and improving equity | by UNU-MERIT

The continuing tendency to warehouse refugees, often in neighbouring countries, has led to a state of limbo. during which refugees rely on external assistance. While assistance with time declines, as humanitarian aid falls short in the long run, the transition from humanitarian aid to development... Read More