Club de Madrid Articles

Global Peace Index Madrid Presentation: Conflict cost the global economy $13.6 billions last year.

This is the tenth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness. The index is composed of 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources and ranks 162 independent...

Mayors from South East Europe join in a Shared Societies effort

Hosted by the Major of Sarajevo(Bosnia & Herzegovina), it gathered majors from Belgrade (Serbia), Podgorica (Montenegro), Tirana (Albania) and eight other Bosnian cities to join forces and overcome social divisions, intergroup tension and hostility and to building...

Member George Papandreu responds our Q&A on the World Refugee Day (Part I)

Coming from Greece, Mr Papandreu has broad knowledge of the migratory crisis. In this first part of our Q&A, he warns that people "will more and more be on the move in this global economy" and stresses that "conflicts, civil wars, oppression from authoritarian...

Orlando massacre: ‘An act of terror, an act of hate’ that hit everyone’s democracy

Sunday the 12th was a heart breaking day for the LGBT community around the world. But this could have happened to any community, to any minority, to any of us who embrace diversity as a fundamental pillar of our democratic values. Much as the injured principle of the...