As technological competition between the United States and China reshapes the global economy and international relations, where does Europe fit in? Author and broadcaster Misha Glenny explores Europe’s position in an increasingly contested technological landscape. From artificial intelligence and semiconductors to digital infrastructure and supply chains, technological dependence has become entwined with questions of economic security, geopolitical influence and strategic autonomy.

Democratic resilience depends on the ability of institutions, civic actors, and societies to anticipate, withstand, and recover from pressures that undermine democratic governance. This panel brings together leading practitioners and scholars to distil the emerging lessons about how to protect democratic institutions in an era of democratic backsliding.

Immigration attitudes are central to political contestation around the world. Scholars suggest that in receiving countries in the Global North, the roots of such attitudes lie with voters’ fears of economic, cultural, and security threats.

This paper presents a novel explanation of why workers may seek to defend obsolete jobs rather than accepting compensation for job loss. Existing scholarship explains the non-emergence of compensatory bargains with reference to commitment problems. I show that information problems can prevent the emergence of compensatory bargains even if the government can fully commit. Incomplete information prevents the government from screening between the intended beneficiaries of its compensation policy and opportunistic claimants.