Our World in 2017

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JANUARY 2017 | ISSUE#1193 NEW EUROPE: OUR WORLD IN 2017
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QUO VADIS EUROPA?
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The year of confusion
by Basil A. Coronakis
New Europe Media founder & CEO.
The winter of our discontent
by Antonio Lopez Istúriz White
Secretary General of the European People‘s Party, and Member
of the European Parliament from Spain.
Europe’s values are its best defense
by Donald Tusk
President of the European Council, was Prime Minister of
Poland (2007-2014).
The year of all crossroads
by Corina Crețu
European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
An open and safe Europe
by Dimitris Avramopoulos
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and
Citizenship.
We struggle, we overcome
by Mikuláš Dzurinda
Mikuláš Dzurinda is President of the Wilfried Martens Centre
for European Studies.
Eight points to preserve
the European way of life
by Manfred Weber
Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party.
A new chapter for the EU parliament
by Gianni Pittella
Chairman of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists
and Democrats in the European Parliament.
‘Europe must work for everyone’
by Jan Zahradil
President of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in
Europe (ACRE) and Member of the European Parliament.
The impact of the CAP on the
development of the European farming
by Jarosław Kalinowski
Member of the European Parliament from Poland.
2017 can be a year of hope and delivery
by Huebner Danuta-Maria
Member of the European Parliament from Poland.
Call for a European public
prosecutor’s office
by Monica Macovei
Member of the European Parliament from Romania.
Why enlargement still matters
by Knut Fleckenstein
Member of the European Parliament from Germany.
From challenges to changes
by Elisabetta Gardini
Member of the European Parliament from Italy.
The close of the year
and future directions
by Neena Gill
Member of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom.
Elections will continue to
dominate politics in 2017
by Ulrike Trebesius
Member of the European Parliament from Germany.
The unity of the EU and the trust of
citizens in the EU must be restored!
by Tokia Saïfi
Member of the European Parliament from France.
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Bring back solidarity in EU
by Annie Schreijer-Pierik
Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands.
Interreligious dialogue
by Marian Apostol
Member of General Secretariat, EPP Group.
From Trump to Europe
by Elen Wasylina
President International Geostrategic Maritime Observatory.
Myopia or utopia?
by Ralf Grahn
Euroblogger and lawyer based in Finland.
The new way
by Francisco Jaime Quesado
General Manager of the Innovation and
Knowledge Society in Portugal.
EXERCISING LEADERSHIP
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Re-inventing political leadership:
10 qualities political leaders need
by Alberto Alemanno
Jean Monnet Professor of Law, HEC Paris.
Five leadership priorities for 2017
by Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman of the
World Economic Forum.
Welcome to the year of the man on
the street, not the man in the suit
by Séamus Conboy
Director of Campaigns & EU Affairs at Red Flag.
Doing nothing is not an option
by Rob Worthington
Director, Head of International and Political Advisory Practices,
Brussels Office of Project Associates.
The dangers of the western path
by Foteini Kalantzi
Economist, International & European
Relations Specialist.
Saving the center
by Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, is
Chairman of the Africa Governance Initiative.
Shattering the filthy glass ceiling
by Alexandros Koronakis
The Editor , New Europe.
SOCIETY IN BLOOM
2016 was the best year in human
history, and 2017 will be better yet
by Daniel Hannan
Member of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom.
Humanitarian priorities
for the EU in 2017
by Christos Stylianides
European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management.
Open society needs defending
by George Soros
Chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Foundations,
is the author of The Tragedy of the European Union.
There is no path to social inclusion
Social inclusion is the path
by Luk Zelderloo
Secretary General of the European Association of Service providers for
Persons with Disabilities (EASPD).
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The new idealism: A new
year’s resolution for 2017
by Vibeke Sorensen
Chair, School of Art, Design and Media College of Humanities, Arts, &
Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Democracy, inclusion, and prosperity
by Raghuram Rajan
A former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is Professor of
Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
THE AGE OF POPULISM
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The age of Trump
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
A Nobel laureate in economics, is University Professor at Columbia
University and Chief Economist at the Roosevelt Institute.
The emergence of a post-fact world
by Francis Fukuyama
A senior fellow and Mosbacher Director of Stanford University’s
Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Meeting the populist challenge
by Dominic Barton
Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company.
“Brave new world”
by Peter Niedermüller
Member of the European Parliament from Hungary.
The new year and the new populism
by Margaret MacMillan
Warden of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.
Lessons from the populist revolt
by Michael J. Sandel
Teaches political philosophy at Harvard University.
Populism and the future
of central banking
by Lucrezia Reichlin
A former director of research at the ECB.
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Is the European digital sector
catching up in 2017?
by Fátima Barros
Professor of Economics and the Head of the Portuguese
National Regulatory Authority for Communications since May 2012.
New skills for a changing world
by Martina Dlabajová
Member of the European Parliament from the Czech Republic.
Crossing the threshold
of the AI revolution
by Diane M. Bryant
Executive vice president and general manager of the Data
Center Group for Intel Corporation.
Next wave revolution:
Age of the internet of things
by Robert W. Quinn, Jr.
Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative
Affairs, and chair of the AT&T Foundation.
GLOBAL VS LOCAL WORLDS
Time for EU to reflect on the
significance of Turkey
by Ömer Çelik
Minister of European Union Affairs,Turkish.
The foreign policy priorities of the
Kyrgyz Republic in the EU direction
by Erlan Abdyldaev
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.