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Current and future generations will grow up in a digital society with an estimated 70% of new value created in the economy over the next decade based on digitally-enabled business models.

Why quality education is the foundation of entrepreneurship and economic growth

By: EBR | Thursday, July 27, 2023

Education is the cornerstone of opportunity — both for individuals, as they develop valuable knowledge and skills, and for society, as future generations push new boundaries of innovation and productivity

The question for business, government and civil society is how we can ensure that confidence is not misplaced and that the opportunity to acquire skills is equitable.

Youth are optimistic about the future of work. Let’s prove them right

By: EBR | Friday, July 21, 2023

Young people have had a lot to deal with over the past few years, from the pandemic to climate change, rising inequality to geopolitical tension

The Iranian regime’s violent response to the ongoing revolt builds on decades of systemic discrimination to restrict the country’s cultural, political, civic, and socioeconomic spheres.

Refining the EU’s Approach to Iran’s Marginalized Actors

By: EBR | Thursday, July 13, 2023

Marginalized groups in Iran are disproportionately affected by the regime’s systemic repression and by the country’s socio-economic and ecological crises

Polarization is a major distraction in Spain’s journey to modernization and reform.

Spain is one of Europe’s most polarized countries. Here’s what needs to change

By: EBR | Thursday, July 13, 2023

In recent surveys, Spain scores as one of the most polarized countries in Europe

The African continent boasts 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, and demand for rare earth metals alone is expected to reach 315,000 tons by 2030, more than double the volume in 2021.

Why Africa will become a prominent player in global geopolitics

By: EBR | Thursday, July 13, 2023

In the coming decades, Africa will become a pivotal player in international affairs

Public administrators who buy AI systems must have the knowledge and resources required to procure AI responsibly, taking into account societal risks and opportunities.

How to manage AI procurement in public administration

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Governments and public administrators buy AI at an increasingly greater scale

The state of gender parity returned to pre-pandemic levels, but that progress on reaching gender parity has slowed.

The ’global gender gap’ – how many years will it take before men and women are equal?

By: EBR | Thursday, June 29, 2023

Things are changing, but not fast enough

Counterintuitively, Erdogan likely benefited not only from his personal political skills that come to the fore when he is in a political fight for survival.

Erdogan: Repositioning at Home and Abroad

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 20, 2023

In a twist of irony, Gulf state support for Erdogan, despite his Islamist leanings, may be driven as much by economics as geopolitics

Governments and regulators must find new ways to work with market participants to design a market frame that supports tomorrow’s energy infrastructure.

Why governments should take a light touch designing tomorrow’s energy market

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Governments are taking the lead in shaping energy markets in response to recent volatility and the decarbonization challenge

One problem is that the majority of residential housing is still heated with outdated systems, often using polluting fossil fuels such as coal and oil.

Heat pumps can help contribute to carbon neutrality

By: EBR | Monday, June 19, 2023

The world’s largest air conditioner manufacturer has launched a four-step initiative which, it claims, can help tackle the climate change crisis

The spirit of the four-day workweek challenges the validity of the institutional office work schedule, which can be onerous on those also bearing the bulk of domestic duties.

How the four-day week benefits women at work

By: EBR | Monday, June 19, 2023

Before the pandemic, a handful of companies were experimenting with the four-day workweek

Those minerals—anything from light and heavy rare earths to chromium and now copper—are at the heart of a geopolitical and geo-economic competition that connects the energy transition to the hardware supporting innovation in artificial intelligence.

How the EU Can Use Mineral Supply Chains to Redesign Collective Security

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The EU’s ability to deliver on its climate goals relies on strategic partners who provide mitigation assets

Turkey’s vote has been free but certainly not fair. Several opposition figures—like Selahattin Demirtas, the leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)—are in jail, or, as is the case for Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, threatened with a political ban. Imamoglu has appealed a recent conviction by an Istanbul court.

Turkey heads into a critical election runoff

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 17, 2023

After a dynamic and unfair campaign, the interim results of Turkey’s dual election send the two main presidential contenders to a second round and give a safe majority to the incumbent parliamentary alliance

The global impact of CBAM should therefore be read in this specific context, where “Europe is always perceived to give with the one hand and take with the other, often more than it gives”.

A Political Economy Perspective on the EU’s Carbon Border Tax

By: EBR | Friday, May 12, 2023

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has sparked a debate about its negative spillover effects, particularly for developing and least developed countries

The researchers identified opportunities in product development and innovation, marketing, sales and customer experience. As well as speeding up laborious tasks, generative AI can analyse seemingly unconnected data to deliver new insights that can add value across creative organizations.

How might generative AI change creative jobs?

By: EBR | Friday, May 12, 2023

The long-running debate about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of work has thrown up very few certainties

So how does this all work in practice? Space-based remote sensors collect and facilitate the exchange of a multitude of data, including weather information and imagery from optical, hyperspectral and multi-spectral domains, which can drive advanced analytics methods to provide insights in the field and across seasons.

Satellite-enabled apps can improve agriculture from space. Here’s how

By: EBR | Friday, May 12, 2023

Space technology is transforming how we do things on Earth these days

Assad’s readmission is a damning indictment of the growing impotence of Europe and the United States in a region plagued by instability, internal displacement, authoritarianism, and a younger generation lacking economic and political prospects.

What Assad’s Future Means for Justice and the West

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Acollection of Arab countries grouped in the Arab League has brought President Bashar al-Assad back into its fold

The EU’s approval ratings nevertheless regularly hit 69 per cent, having previously languished for almost four decades well below 50 per cent. Europhiles will probably greet this as a strong endorsement, although the reasons are more complex.

What would ’Saint Schuman’ find to celebrate this coming May 9th?

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 3, 2023

For Eurocrats, and for many in the so-called ‘Brussels Bubble’, May 9th is a holiday

That resilience is not ebbing. This is despite the leaks from U.S. intelligence that Ukraine’s planned spring offensive is not adequately militarily equipped. And it is despite a growing weariness if not a sense of impatience by some Western political and military elites of a war that has the huge potential to create instability in other parts of eastern Europe.

Ukraine’s resilience is about winning the war

By: EBR | Friday, April 28, 2023

Wars eventually end. In compromise, defeat, victory, or the complete destruction of a country.

Brain training – “exercising” your brain with attention and focus – is one such treatment.

Brain training probably doesn’t help ADHD – new study

By: EBR | Thursday, April 20, 2023

Drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be very effective, but they can come with a range of undesirable side-effects, such as increased anxiety, trouble sleeping and loss of appetite

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