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Balancing the Potential of Digitised Economies and the Need For Regulation As societies across the globe become ever more globalised, so do the economies of those societies become ever more digitised. As Dahlman et al. (2016, p. 8) note‚ the world is currently ‘undergoing a digital revolution with significant implications for global economies and livelihoods’. Given how fundamental a functioning, prosperous economy is to the success of society, it is worth gaining a thorough

Morocco and Political Islam
Strategy of concordance explains the lack of revolutionary attempts in Morocco Throughout history many colonial powers have sought to subdue Morocco. No matter whether the conqueror has been Europeans, Ottomans, or Islam, the Lions from the Atlas Mountains have proven not so easy to tame. The most recent demonstration of this resistance occurred during the unraveling of the Arab Spring in early 2011, when Morocco was one of few countries in the Middle East that did not see a

The EU’s Indo-Pac. strategy, the French rotating presidency and the transatlantic security conundrum
Credit photo: https://www.ussc.edu.au/events/indo-pacific-strategic-futures-next-generation-leaders-workshop?fbclid=IwAR14f9ZngT-3qHZWx9SXkbRA7adp9-hhsJYQvq4f7RLQRyDR5VLnVoVe7b8 After the French, German and Dutch contributions and the Council of the European Union (EU) conclusions, the EU has eventually released its Strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. The publication timing could not have been worse, since the diplomatic rift between France, Australia and the United

Right-wing extremism in the Austrian mainstream
National identity as a means for the political success of the Austrian Freedom Party Anti-immigration, nationalist and anti-establishment sentiment (Rathgeb, p. 2021, p. 646, Meret, p. 2021, p. 187) lies at the heart of the modern-day Austrian Freedom Party’s (FPÖ) political identity. Where other parties with similar ideologies struggle to threaten mainstream political entities in other Western European democracies, the FPÖ has continually enjoyed political success for the pa

EU’s Trade Agreements: a playground for sustainable development
Credit photo: https://unctad.org/fr/node/2839 This research piece was written by Pierfrancesco Maria Lanza. Pierfrancesco Maria Lanza is a current Law student at the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria. He is particularly focused on International and European Union Law and Relations. Furthermore, his areas of interest include the foreign affairs of the European Union, Russia and the Middle East (mainly the Gulf Cooperation Council’s countries). He is the Vice Preside

Between Cyberspace and new space - Is there still a spot for Europe?
Credit photo: https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/events/european-space-talks/ “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship European Union. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before![1]” Recently many global actors, states and private enterprises alike have started to join a new space race for both political and commercial interests. Specifically, parallels betwee