Pumping the breaks on an era of progress
02 Dec Books

Pumping the breaks on an era of progress

In his new book, The Age of Resilience, the popular social theorist and prolific author Jeremy Rifkin examines humanity’s transition from an age of progress to one of resilience
by Philippa Nuttall
Signature Dish: Evin Incir's recipe for nîsk
19 Oct Culture
Signature Dish: Evin Incir's recipe for nîsk
Parlement crew looks for extras among real-life Eurocrats
16 Nov Culture
Parlement crew looks for extras among real-life Eurocrats
EU talkin’ to me? TV’s Brussels send-up readies for season three
09 Nov Culture
EU talkin’ to me? TV’s Brussels send-up readies for season three
Unearthing Europe's underground war against Hitler
04 Nov Books
Unearthing Europe's underground war against Hitler
Halik Kochanksi tells us about her latest book, Resistance, which chronicles the opposition movements in every country occupied by Germany and Italy during the Second World War
EU AMA: Where do the banners on the Berlaymont building go to die?
28 Oct Culture
EU AMA: Where do the banners on the Berlaymont building go to die?
In our new Ask Me Anything column, we seek the answers to some of the EU’s most pressing questions. First up, Laura Lamberti is given the low-down on the Berlaymont banners by Jean-Luc Théate, managing director of DESIGNpoint
China’s influence campaign falls flat
14 Oct Books
China’s influence campaign falls flat
China has spent billions to improve the country’s image in Europe. The efforts have mostly been counterproductive, according to three new books
Mass migration is an inevitable consequence of the climate crisis. For one writer, it is also the solution.
19 Sep Books
Mass migration is an inevitable consequence of the climate crisis. For one writer, it is also the solution.
The climate crisis has made mass migration unavoidable. Gaia Vince, author of the new book Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval, explains how that’s not necessarily a bad thing, if we plan and prepare for it
Your summer reading list, from Parliament Magazine and Librebook
08 Aug Books
Your summer reading list, from Parliament Magazine and Librebook
Summer’s not over yet, bookworms. Together with the folks behind Librebook, a beloved Brussels bookshop focusing on contemporary European literature and thought, we bring you six reads to carry you through these last weeks of the season.
Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi’s memoir recalls a childhood under Uncle Enver and how communism’s collapse turned her life and worldview upside down
14 Jul Books
Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi’s memoir recalls a childhood under Uncle Enver and how communism’s collapse turned her life and worldview upside down
As a child, Lea Ypi embraced Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha's paranoid Stalinist regime with full enthusiam, unaware of her family's secret political heritage. In her memoir, she recalls an adolescence abruptly interrupted by Hoxhaism's collapse and the ideological and geopolitical turmoil that ensued.
Photo Essay: From Minsk to Tbilisi
15 Jun Culture
Photo Essay: From Minsk to Tbilisi
Tako Robakidze, a photographer based in Tbilisi, documents the lives of Belarusians who have fled their country and made a new life in Georgia, with words by Vladic Ravich.
Journalist Sally Hayden's new book documents the stories of African migrants at Europe’s borders
10 May Books
Journalist Sally Hayden's new book documents the stories of African migrants at Europe’s borders
Sally Hayden talks to The Parliament Magazine about her new book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route
Russia’s war in Ukraine may finally end the post-Soviet condition
21 Mar Culture
Russia’s war in Ukraine may finally end the post-Soviet condition
Any outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine will lead to fundamental economic, political and ideological transformations in the post-Soviet space, argues Volodymyr Ishchenko