In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology

In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology. Pew Research Center.  Amy Mitchell et al. May 14, 2018.

 In Western Europe, public views of the news media are divided by populist leanings – more than left-right political positions – according to a new Pew Research Center public opinion survey conducted in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Across all eight countries, those who hold populist views value and trust the news media less, and they also give the media lower marks for coverage of major issues, such as immigration, the economy and crime. [Note: contains copyrighted material].

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Case Studies in Retirement System Reform

Case Studies in Retirement System Reform. World Economic Forum. May 26, 2017.

The challenges of providing ageing societies with a financially secure retirement are well known. In most countries, standards of living and healthcare advancements are allowing people to live longer. While this should be celebrated, the implications for the financial systems designed to meet retirement needs, which are already under severe strain in many nations, must be considered.
Besides increasing life expectancies and lower birth rates, additional factors are increasing the strain on global retirement systems such as lack of easy access to pensions, inadequate savings rates, long-term low growth environment and low levels of financial literacy.

This handbook presents 12 case studies on the approaches that governments, pension funds and companies have taken to address the challenges that their own retirement systems face. It highlights initiatives undertaken and lessons learned to guide those seeking future pension reforms. The handbook accompanies the white paper We’ll Live to 100 – How Can We Afford It? [Note: contains copyrighted material].

[PDF format, 60 pages, 3.36 MB].

Breaking the Nordic Defense Deadlock

Breaking the Nordic Defense Deadlock. Strategic Studies Institute. Stephen Forss and Pekka Holopainen. February 20, 2015.

Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark are urgently considering how best to optimize limited defense resources in the face of a newly assertive Russia. The monograph proposes enhanced defense cooperation, both regionally and with the United States, as a means to ensure the security of U.S. allies in a strategically vital region.

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The Future of Immigrant Integration in Europe: Mainstreaming Approaches for Inclusion

The Future of Immigrant Integration in Europe: Mainstreaming Approaches for Inclusion. Migration Policy Institute. Elizabeth Collett and Milica Petrovic. March 2014.

According to the report, a quiet policy transformation is taking place in Europe, as policymakers increasingly turn to a strategy of “mainstreaming” immigrant integration, seeking to reach people with a migration background through needs-based social programming and policies that also target the general population. The report assesses mainstreaming efforts across government in Denmark, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. [Note: contains copyrighted material].

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Cyber-security Threat Characterisation: A Rapid Comparative Analysis

Cyber-security Threat Characterisation: A Rapid Comparative Analysis. RAND Corporation. Neil Robinson et al. February 5, 2013.

The study shows comparison of states’ characterisation of cyber-security threats. It involves investigating three lines of enquiry related to the integration of cyber-security within broader national and transnational defence and security frameworks.The first part of the document summarises the findings and provides an overview of the scope and methodology of the research. The second part of the document describes the cyber-security strategies and approaches in ten case studies: Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russian Federation, the UK and the USA. [Note: contains copyrighted material].

[PDF format, 86 pages, 753.8 KB].

Measuring the Potential of Local Green Growth: An Analysis of Greater Copenhagen

Measuring the Potential of Local Green Growth: An Analysis of Greater Copenhagen. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Cristina Martinez-Fernandez et al. January 2013.

As the need to address the impacts of climate change becomes more urgent and the subsequent green momentum continues to gather pace, individual governments and companies are transitioning to a low-carbon economy. This transition to a low-carbon economic and industrial future is taking place in a highly uncertain and competitive marketplace. The paper presents a local ‘green growth’ indicator framework. It discusses results for the analysis of Copenhagen and its cleantech cluster. [Note: contains copyrighted material].

[PDF format, 129 pages, 3.86 MB].