The weaknesses of Spanish emigration
The Spaniards who have emigrated to other countries since the economic crisis have done so under worse conditions than other recent emigrants from the rest of Southern Europe.
Democracy and citizenship
Catalonia secessionist parties regain control of the region’s parliament
The election clearly showed the depth of pro-independence sentiment and the profound polarisation of society.
The geopolitics of sexual harassment
The sexual harassment of women has made its way onto the global agenda. What has started in the US could start to have geopolitical ramifications.
A time of general distrust
Distrust permeates our societies: distrust in governments, in parliaments, in the news media, and even corporations have lost ground in this respect.
Not everything has gone badly in Spain
In times of national angst, it is easy to become despondent and fall prey to the false belief that everything is going wrong in Spain.
Spain: reasons behind the prolonged absence of anti-European and xenophobic views
The recent crisis has been a litmus test of Spain’s Europeanism. There has been neither a surge of Euroscepticism nor of anti-immigration sentiment, although the so-called ‘naïf Europeanism’ which used to exist in the country is no longer there either.
Facebook’s new and unsettling mission: building a global community
In a 5,800-word declaration, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook aspired ‘to build the social infrastructure for a global community’.
Eight recommendations for the II National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
The II National Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325, currently being prepared by the Spanish Government, should build on lessons learnt and include specific measures and best practices if it aims to achieve any advancement in the women, peace and security agenda.
Delayed reaction to ’68
Something began in 1968 that would later gather steam in the 1970s and subsequently. And this is what a section of western societies are now rejecting.
Social media and democracy: Trump harnessed the power of algorithms
The US presidential elections have shown that democracy has changed, and the means of obtaining victory, too.
Nobody’s perfect, not even Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau shows great promise as a leader, but with Trudeau’s incessant good press, critical voices are not being heard.
The revival of the far right in Europe
The so-called far right is currently present in most of the EU’s national parliaments. What are the reasons for this over the past five years in Europe?