Director of the Berggruen Institute Europe, activist philosopher, and writer. Also the founder of the transnational political NGO European Alternatives and the cultural institution Fondazione Studio Rizoma, his research and political work focus on defining and promoting futures beyond the nation-state. He holds degrees in philosophy and sinology from the University of London, and his books include Citizens of Nowhere (2018) and Planetary Politics (2020).
Trump’s imperial ambitions are forcing the EU to rethink its global position. And European far-right parties, swollen on fears of diminishing world power, are paradoxically flogging the ethnic nation as a place of shelter. But finding unity in scapegoating migrants blatantly fails to recognize the need for a common purpose in times of worldwide uncertainty.