In this interview Ulrich Beck claim the necessity for an inclusive, cosmopolitan outlook capable of breaking “with the seductive insularity of national consciousness”.

The plight of migrants, the ‘globalisation’ of the human condition, poses again the question of solidarity and demands a response of planetary ambition and responsibility.

Nancy Fraser, celebrated critical theorist and feminist, discusses about the transnationalisation of the public sphere, radical justice and the crisis and pulling feminism back from neoliberalism.

Susan George is an author, Board Chair of the Transnational Institute, and Honorary President of Attac-France. This article is part of the Transnational Institute’s ongoing research in EU Trade Policy.

Climate change is not just an environmental issue – global warming affects social justice, poverty, and human rights. There are many discordant voices on how best to tackle climate change and reach a globally just agreement. Here we begin a series of confrontations by looking at the question of the carbon trading scheme, a system set up by the Kyoto protocol to allow companies to buy, sell, and trade pollution certificates.

Citizenship has historically grown and expanded through the claim-making and the demands of the excluded: the outsider has the potential to expand the formal rights of citizens.

Sandro Mezzadra discusses the transnational experience of contemporary migrations, pointing to the necessity of a new interpretative paradigm.

Is circular migration a way a rethinking third country development and the status of the migrant? Only if it is interpreted in a radical way which goes beyond economic indicators. A European Alternatives Research briefing by Danai Vassilaki

The European Union agreed to set aside up to 15 billion euros per year to facilitate a green transition in developing countries. However, no agreement was reached on actually how to spend the money. The EU needs to stop bickering, stop prioritising the competitiveness of its companies, and stand up to its claims of global leadership on fighting climate change.

This is a synthesis of “Spotlight on Policy Coherence”, a 2009 report which is has been written by Concord with the intention of forming the baseline for future analyses of the positive and negative impacts of (in)coherent EU policies on the ground.