Fabian Zuleeg

1 week ago | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Fabian Zuleeg |Federica Di Sario

Europeans have come to terms with a generational crisis, but not with how much worse it could get. More radical political change is necessary. Cassandra, in ancient Greek mythology, was fated to utter true prophecies but never be believed. She foresaw the fall of Troy and a way to avoid it, but her warnings fell on deaf ears. Many modern-day Europeans have felt a lot like Cassandra must have, as an escalating permacrisis over the past two decades was met with a collective shrug.

May 31, 2024 | intereconomics.eu | Fabian Zuleeg

The world has entered an age of permapolycrisis, where numerous interrelated crises and transformations occur simultaneously and severely block the resolution of common global challenges. Climate change continues to pose an existential threat to humanity, and war is back as an instrument of politics, with even the risk of thermonuclear apocalypse back in the realm of the possible.