Club de Madrid Articles

‘We cannot simply wait for this to happen’ ex PM of Ireland John Bruton, reflects on Brexit

According to our Member "it is time now to start thinking about how the EU will respond to Mrs May' as he warns that Ireland will be the country to suffer the worst consequences of a hard Brexit. Please read below Prime Minister John Bruton's full article...

“Someone doesn’t wake up and suddenly becomes an extremist”, Khadijah H. Gambo, Nigerian Activist

Khadijah Hawaja Gambo joined activism around 24 years ago. She studied Islam up to postgraduate level and also passed through the traditional way of learning Islam. From 2005 to 2009 she was a teacher of Islamic Studies, and from 2013 and until 2016 she was a...

Nobel Peace Ramos-Horta advocates for education as the best tool for preventing conflict and radicalization

José Ramos-Horta was President of Timor Leste from 2007 to 2010 and a key figure not only during the process of independence of his country, but also in the reconciliation phase that followed. That had two sides: one between factions inside Timor Leste itself, and...

“Where Shared Society Starts, Violent Extremism Stops”

Within this framework, former PM of the Netherlands, Wim Kok, met with Tunisia’s Minister of Justice and Minister of Civil Society, as well as with other high level policy makers and civil society representatives during his visit to the country. At these meetings, he...