The Trump-Le Pen nightmare is unlikely to come true, but it does muddy the waters
A nightmare scenario is causing some serious concern: seeing Donald Trump become US President in 2017 while Marine Le Pen becomes President of France.
Democracy and citizenship
Quebec’s paradox: feeling less pro-independent but also less Canadian
Although independence in Quebec is much lower than 20 years ago, Quebeckers feel less Canadian than ever.
Illiberal demagoguery splits Europe at the seams
The greatest internal fissure in the EU is now between East and West. Illiberal demagoguery is a democratic regression that can undermine its very foundations.
In 2016 Latinos will decide who gets to the White House
The number of eligible Latinos (those who can register on the electoral census) should account for 13% of the total, 2% more than in the last presidential elections.
Elephants with longer trunks, donkeys with longer manes
US political and social life contributes to foster a self-serving loop in which specific ideologies feed off themselves, resulting in their radicalisation.
Europe: fewer Jews, more anti-Semites
Anti-Semitism seems to be on the rise again in much of Europe when, paradoxically, it has fewer Jews than ever.
Think tanks and universities: what, why and how?
What are think tanks, and what is the nature of the relationship between them and the old universities from which almost all think tankers hail?
How local ideas spread in English: a network analysis of think tanks on Twitter
This paper analyses the networks of relations between think tanks in order to better understand their nature and the way they operate in a global reality. This exploratory research makes use of data collected on Twitter.
Country Focus: Migration of Spanish nationals during the crisis
This report is a brief description of the main results obtained from an e-survey among Spanish emigrants, within the research project “Migrations from the Southern Member States of the European Union (Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece) and Ireland”.
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