SCRAP THE ASYLUM SYSTEM -- AND BUILD SOMETHING BETTER / THE ECONOMIST

It is not working Scrap the asylum system—and build something better Rich countries need to separate asylum from labour migration Migrants a...

A NEW TEST FOR EU SOLIDARITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

A New Test for EU Solidarity When the 13 American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Benjamin Franklin famously said t...

HOW ARABS SEE ISTANBUL / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

How Arabs See Istanbul By: Hilal Khashan Istanbul strikes its visitors as the seat of an empire, not as the capital of a nation-state....

THE SLAVERY INCENTIVE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Slavery Incentive Ricardo Hausmann    CAMBRIDGE – Have you ever wondered why business schools do not teach the proper way to whi...

ITALY´S STRANGE CAMPAIGN: BERLUSCONI, FIVE STAR MOVEMENT AND THE ROAD TO POLITICAL GRIDLOCK / DER SPIEGEL

Italy's Strange Campaign Berlusconi, Five Star and the Road to Political Gridlock A disillusioned electorate, multi-billion-euro ca...

REFUGEE REVERSAL: MERKEL´S GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO / DER SPIEGEL

Refugee Reversal Merkel's Got Some Explaining To Do A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Dirk Kurbjuweit     German Chancellor Angela M...

REDEFINING EUROPE, AND EUROPEANS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Redefining Europe, And Europeans Carl Bildt LEIPZIG – Traveling through Germany in the run-up to its federal election on September 24...

ANGELA MERKEL´S GREAT ESCAPE / DER SPIEGEL

Angela Merkel’s Great Escape The chancellor's response to the refugee crisis was going to be her downfall. Then Germany's welfare...