Europe is increasingly divided: between the frugal North and the Club Med South; between the illiberal East and the progressive West. In many ways,...
If it’s illiberal, is it democracy?
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Leadership Special: Sylvia Earle, world-class oceanographer and educator
In this special episode, you will meet Sylvia Earle, one of the three 2020 prize winners. Listen, as she is interviewed by Ashok Mirpuri,...
What Happens When Democracy Dies?
“[Venezuela] has become a threat to the security and stability and democracy of the hemisphere.” “I think that any option…is legitimate to protect...
The Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Joins the Tällberg Foundation in Presenting the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Stockholm...
Casas Muertas
Venezuela has been in a death spiral for years. The country have been devastated by political repression and economic depression; its people suffer...
Speaking Freely
“Free speech is counterintuitive…That's why we have it as part of the Bill of Rights. We have to have courts that stop the government and the...
Do you believe in Magic?
Our world is a mess. Pandemic, recession, accelerating climate change, refugees frustrated in their search for better lives, political frustration...
When is too much freedom too much?
Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University, is widely considered one of America's leading legal scholars on freedom of speech and has...
The (non) Future of Europe
“I don't see us Europeans taking hold of our future…technologically and economically we are totally torn up between United States and China. We may...