Win or Lose, Orbán has Broken Hungary’s Democracy

Hungarians head to the polls on April 12 for an election of national and European consequence. Three different outcomes are on the cards, each with their own implications for the EU.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Future of U.S.-Europe Relations: A Discussion with Dr. Lawrence Freedman #Thinktank #EuropeanUnion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbSOeuLMcXM

Future of U.S.-Europe Relations: A Discussion with Dr. Lawrence Freedman

YouTube

As one of the few remaining men out of the factory line, ladies, you will be welcomed as the new overlords.

> Men Are Made, Not Born and We’ve Stopped Making Them https://www.aei.org/society-and-culture/men-are-made-not-born-and-weve-stopped-making-them/ from American Enterprise Institute.

#men #masculinity #StuffAboutLife #ThinkTank

Kennt ihr eigentlich das linke #thinktank Progessives Zentrum? Das u.a. haben die Studie "How to sell democracy online (fast)" herausgebracht.
"Junge Menschen sollten als aktive
demokratische Teilhaber:innen von heute, deren Einstellungen und Entscheidungen die Demokratie von morgen entscheidend prägen werden, eine zentrale Rolle im demokratischen Diskurs spielen."
Klingt vielversprechend, vermutlich meine Abendlektüre, Gegengewicht zu #populismus, #tiktok?
#Demokratie
https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/unsere-projekte/junge-menschen-und-gesellschaft/projektnachrichten/how-to-sell-democracy-online-fast-1
Studie - How to Sell Democracy Online (Fast)

Junge Menschen in Deutschland informieren sich heute überwiegend über Social-Media-Kanäle wie Instagram und TikTok; das zeigt die Studie How to Sell Democracy Online (Fast) des Progressive Zentrums in Kooperation mit der Bertelsmann Stiftung, gefördert von der Mercator Stiftung. Ziel ist es,...

The EU in a changing threat landscape at sea

The European Union is strengthening its strategic autonomy at a time when geopolitics, hybrid threats and actual war are accelerating insecurity at sea. The situation calls for a review of the EU’s role as a maritime security provider.

DIIS
#AgeVerification #Lobbying: #DarkMoney, Model #Legislation & Institutional Capture
How corporate lobbying, #thinktank infrastructure, competing model legislation, and obscured funding networks are shaping age verification policy across 45 states and #Congress.
#Meta spent $26.3M on lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and funded #DigitalChildhoodAlliance (#DCA) to advocate for the #AppStoreAccountabilityAct (#ASAA). But operation extends beyond Meta.
https://tboteproject.com/
Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture

Investigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation

The TBOTE Project
Europe’s Rearmament Could Cost the US - Australian Institute of International Affairs

The historian Barbara Tuchman viewed the map of history as a lattice work of marches of folly. Mark Carney recently warned we might be the historical bookend to Churchill’s 1946 [...]

Australian Institute of International Affairs

> Student Use of AI for Homework Rises as Concerns Grow About Critical Thinking Skills https://www.rand.org/news/press/2026/03/student-use-of-ai-for-homework-rises-as-concerns-grow.html

The great #tech that #academia and #HigherEd, including #librarians who should know better, are rushing to embrace and nurture. Oh well.

#AISlop #sloperator #RAND #ThinkTank