Despite pressure on civic space, Egyptians are breaking one of the country’s largest taboos.

On 26 June we presented the colourful outcome of our latest project Activism, artivism and beyond: Inspiring initiatives of civic power.

With the start of a new year, the time has come to reflect on what has passed and look towards what is to come in 2017. A shortlist of 5 unmissable articles published by The Broker in 2016 provides a great start.

Since the summer of 2015, European media and politicians have devoted significant attention to the refugee crisis. As a result, the crisis in the Eurozone, which had previously dominated discussions in the media and among politicians, seems to hav…

The Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, was recently the target of an attack and hostage taking. The incident seems to signal the disappearance of what the media had dubbed the last ‘safe haven for foreigners’ in the country. How can we interpret…

How will the EU develop its role as an actor in an increasingly multipolar world? Next June we will know, when the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini presents her new global strategy for the European Union External Action Service.

Governments should not hesitate to visibly and accountably occupy their empty seat in the cockpit of the financial system. In our new research article ‘The licence to create money’ we explore the alternatives to what is currently at the heart of t…

Despite the presence of peacemaking powers in the Sahel region, criminal groups continue to refuel regional conflict.

During a signing ceremony on 20 June 2015, the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), commonly referred to as the ‘Tuareg Rebels’, signed the Algiers Peace Agreement – after a year of negotiations led by Algeria and three and a half years into…

In a recent speech in New York, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revealed her campaign would focus on the struggling American middle class. But is she really committing herself to a programme of structural economic reform?