Strategic Foresight – The New-Old Approach to 21st Century StatecraftÂ
Strategic foresight (SF) has been put high on the EU agenda by the Von der Leyen Commission from the outset of its mandate. The...
A Deal with the Devil? Sweden’s Political Crisis
By: Gustav Pedersen (Guest Writer)
Following the Swedish general election in September 2018, the country was thrown into a long political and governmental crisis, lasting...
Maximizing the momentum: Europe’s security dilemma and the new Strategic Compass
Emergence of a European security strategy
Almost eighteen years after the EU adopted its first security strategy (ESS), six years after its predecessor – the...
“Welcome to the Twilight Zone”
Many of today's conflicts are often blurry and complex. Therefore, the second panel of DASICON 2017 gave an overview over the Ukrainian crisis and...
Labor Trafficking in the age of a pandemic – exploiting the new “normal”
While the COVID-19 pandemic has put the world into lockdown, according to watchdog groups, human trafficking is soaring in Europe.
As the COVID-19 pandemic...
The death of an Empire, the birth of a Republic: Austria commemorates its 100th...
This year, Austria commemorates the 100th anniversary of the deaths of four titans of Viennese modernism: Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Kolomon Moser and Otto...
Europe’s Hotspot of Remote Abortion
The start of 2021 saw a surprising addition to countries progressively liberalizing their abortion laws: this January, abortion during the first 14 weeks of...
What’s going on with Catalonia? A Dream of Independence and a Political Nightmare
By: Gustav Pedersen (Guest Writer)
On October 1, 2017, the people of Catalonia went to the polls to vote on Catalan separation from Spain. While...
A Bosnian Colapse Dooming?
As the general and presidential elections in October draw closer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tensions between the constituting ethnic groups are rising. While the...
Democracy under Fire
The attacks against independent media and an upcoming controversial referendum pose serious risks to the future of Turkish democracy, experts told a Vienna audience...
