From Brexit to the debt crisis to a backlash against migration, the European project – once a model of democracy and prosperity – is increasingly under strain. International relations expert William Clapton speaks with a panel of the Festival’s most astute political thinkers about the future of the continent in the face of an ascendant far-right, growing isolationism, discontent over austerity and deep-rooted economic challenges. Featuring journalist for the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz Anshel Pfeffer, Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran and editor of Australian Foreign Affairs Jonathan Pearlman.

From Brexit to the debt crisis to a backlash against migration, the European project &ndash; once a model of democracy and prosperity &ndash; is increasingly under strain. International relations expert William Clapton speaks with a panel of the Festival&rsquo;s most astute political thinkers about the future of the continent in the face of an ascendant far-right, growing isolationism, discontent over austerity and deep-rooted economic challenges. Featuring journalist for the Israeli daily newspaper&nbsp;Haaretz&nbsp;Anshel Pfeffer, Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran and editor of&nbsp;Australian Foreign Affairs&nbsp;Jonathan Pearlman.

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