Schlagwort: politics
SUMMA SUMMARUM 2017
Unexpected political decisions, ongoing religious and global conflicts, terrorist threats, a populist-fueled crisis of confidence in existing systems, social media targeting to influence opinions, and the rapid development of new technologies, intelligent systems, and...
Politics will remain a craftsmanship
Markus Hengstschläger spoke in a DIALOGUE with Rainer Nowak, the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Die Presse, about politics as an event, career changers, media and false news.
With Rainer Nowak, Markus Hengstschläger discussed the...
America’s foreign policy in the 21st century
Foreign policy expert James M. Lindsay and historian Mitchell G. Ash discussed the future of American engagement in the world. Lindsay is Senior Vice President of the Council on Foreign Relations, the most important...
The Illusion of Control
Is the world out of control?
Unexpected political decisions, the weakening of the European Union by Brexit, the apparent insolvability of religious and world-political conflicts, terrorist threats and a populist heated crisis of confidence in...
The World needs Trust and Control
At the Surprise Factors PLENUM, Michael Strugl, Paul Lendvai, Kai Diekmann, Lord Brian Griffiths, Alan Webber, Andrea Bruce and Markus Hengstschläger gave insights into the many things that seem to be out of control...
Democracy is the most entertaining form of government
Pre-elections have only just started in the U.S. and they arouse interest all over the world.
Walter Russell Mead shared insights on the candidates’ standings and various viewpoints as well as their possible impact on...
Transparency and fertile unrest: A better democracy
The political maverick from Germany and one of the experts at the SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM “From Good to Great” 2015, Oswald Metzger, recommended an transparent and open dialogue between politicians and citizens in order...
Europe and the United States need each other
At the roundTABLE with Lee Brudvig from the U.S. Embassy Vienna the future of transatlantic cooperation was discussed in light of the recent media coverage on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Program (TTIP).
Europe and...
Europe must not become Venice
Karel Schwarzenberg, born in 1937, has seen many political boundaries emerge and disappear in his life. Schwarzenberg is rooted in the whole of Central Europe and therefore "boundless". In 1989 Schwarzenberg was awarded the...
America before the election
ACADEMIA SUPERIOR - Future Research Institute is already tackling the issues of tomorrow, and therefore discusses on the day before the US presidential election with Eugen Freund on the political system in America, its...
