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Smart Cities
María José Salcedo

Intelligent Mobility: towards a philosophy beyond the means of transport

The way and ease with which people move about in their day-to-day lives is one of the most important aspects of city life, because it defines how enjoyable or how insufferable it is to live in a city. A smart city is one with intelligent mobility plans and strategies that minimize time, as people's most precious resource, costs, energy and the effects generated by transportation emissions.

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MIGRATION
Eleni Siapikoudi

Another ship on the Aegean, another tragedy

It was 2015, 8 years ago, when the refugee crisis began. Many things have changed, yet many remain the same. For years, we have seen how a policy centered on border security leads to deadly shipwrecks. The news broke on Wednesday night around the world. Another Mediterranean shipwreck. This contradictory information and the fact that Greece is this week heading to the 2nd round of national elections, brought once again the migration topic on the political agenda and the pre-election discussion of the topic.

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Media
Evin Barış Altıntaş

Gavels vs Pens: The judicial story of Russian and Turkish free media repression

This publication, a collaboration between civil society organizations JAM e.V. (the Association of Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression) and the MMDC (Mass Media Defense Center), demonstrates in detail the playbook of autocrats, meticulously scrutinizing escalating hostilities and judicial assaults against journalists over the last two decades in both Russia and Turkey, largely orchestrated by their respective political regimes.

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Reshape Europe
Jana Sproul

Building a Stronger Europe: Young Liberals Propose Solutions to Reshape Europe as Global Actor

From 11th to 13th May, the European Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) invited 15 young liberals from 13 EU Member States to their regional Policy Hackathon in Lisbon. With the goal of strengthening the EU as a Global Actor, participants were tasked to explore innovative ideas on four key topics concerning the European Union's role in the world. The "Strengthen the EU as a Global Actor" Policy Hackathon in Lisbon was a resounding success, fostering collaboration and innovative thinking among young liberals from across Europe.

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EU asylum policy
David Henneberger

This is how liberal Europe comments on the EU asylum compromise

Hardly any observers had evaluated this agreement possible after years of tug-of-war over asylum reform: At the beginning of June, the interior ministers of the EU member states, including Nancy Faeser (SPD), voted in favor of a significant tightening of European asylum policy. The traffic light parties also justified their approval on the grounds that an agreement would have failed if Germany had abstained. Overall, it could be observed in the debates that a broad majority in Europe was in favor of more control in immigration.

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MENAPOL Blog

Approaches to and Challenges in Implementing Competition Law and Policy in the Arab World

Economists have long stressed that great benefits flow to an economy from the introduction of well-defined legislation governing the rules of monopoly and competition. Modern competition laws have been around for over 130 years—and even thousands should one consider early embryonic versions.

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Alumni Voices
Aneel Salman (Ph.D)

Pakistan’s Budget 2023-24: Economic Assessment and Critique

The economic crisis in Pakistan is deepening, showing no signs of an imminent recovery, let alone sustainable growth. The country is grappling with severe financial strain, characterized by minimal reserves, escalating public debt, record-breaking inflation, and a rapidly depreciating currency. Against the backdrop of this economic meltdown and upcoming elections the government presented the annual budget 2023-2024 on 9 June. Read the critique by Dr Aneel Salman

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Secret Services
José Ángel Pedraza

Autonomy or control? The debate on intelligence services

Democratic societies need to strike a balance between the autonomy required by intelligence services for their proper functioning, and the necessary control of their activity by the executive, legislative and judicial powers.

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Montenegro
Dušan Dinić

Can the pro-Europeans form a government?

The parliamentary election in Montenegro ended with a low turnout and no clear majority for any party: the "Europe Now!" movement and the long-time ruling DPS achieved strong results, while the pro-Serbian alliance "For the Future of Montenegro" emerged as the third strongest force. But the formation of a new government is proving difficult due to personal conflicts and allegations of corruption. Will the pro-European forces unite to put the country on the path to EU accession?

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Hungary
Sina Behrend

Unfit for the EU Presidency?

Hungary's government has repeatedly and massively violated fundamental values of the European Union in recent years. The European Parliament (EP) is therefore questioning whether the country should take over the rotating Council Presidency in the second half of 2024. This raises hopes for a more consistent EU policy towards Hungary.

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