The United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU. It is a momentous decision. No one knows the scale of the consequences that will follow a UK departure from the EU – and the only thing we can say with...

By Anupam Ray, Professor at Paterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky at Lexington, anupam.ray@uky.edu The interaction between Europe and Asia is the...

Domestic institutions are an important factor explaining past economic performance (Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson, 2001) as well as comparative advantage (Levchenko, 2005; Nunn, 2007). Simply put,...

It was the “Walkman” which transformed Sony from a relatively unknown small company in the 1970s to the prominent global giant that we know today. Given its popular reputation, it is remarkable...

“Gangnam Style” by Psy has been a seemingly unstoppable musical force around the world. With over 2.5 billion clicks (as of February 2016) this song has been YouTube's most watched video since...

It was about time. Pre-internet rules on data protection were not fit for our new interconnected reality. The core institutions of the European Union have finally set in stone an agreement which...

There is a fascinating twist in the current European debate on cultural industries and the Single Digital Market: it has been dominated by the transatlantic dimension. Europeans are still measuring...

Vincent Van Gogh is regarded as one of the greatest artists and his paintings are some of the world’s most expensive. However, while he was alive he only sold one piece, The Red Vineyard near...

Things for the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism are not looking good lately. The system has been strongly criticised by civil society and representatives of governments all over the...

This infographic documents the European migration crisis during 2015. In 2014 the migrant flow had been mainly from Africa through Libya across the Mediterranean into Italy; but in contrast in 2015...