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About Ragnar Weilandt

Ragnar Weilandt is a doctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles and the University of Warwick as well as an occasional journalist. He tweets at @ragnarweilandt.

Articles by Ragnar Weilandt

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European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

After Mugabe: dawn of a new error in Zimbabwe

Ragnar Weilandt 1 May 2018

Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa might bring socio-economic improvements, but don’t count on him ushering in a new era of democracy.

Is Trump repeating Bush’s worst mistakes?

Ragnar Weilandt 4 February 2017

The early signs of the new Trump administration’s policies towards the Middle East suggest that he is poised to repeat some of the Bush administration’s most fatal errors.

Brexit might provide an opportunity for genuine change in Europe

Ragnar Weilandt 3 July 2016

At a time when the EU and its members are struggling with crises and therefore have more than enough on their plates, British voters decided to hand it yet another major crisis.

My 350 on BREXIT: An act of utter ignorance

Ragnar Weilandt 1 July 2016

“Many have claimed that it is high time for the establishment to start listening. It is not. Rather, it is high time Leave voters started listening.”

Why Austria almost elected a fascist president

Ragnar Weilandt 13 June 2016

Alexander van der Bellen’s narrow win was a pyrrhic victory. Interviewed shortly before the election, writer Robert Menasse offered a compelling explanation for his country’s flirt with fascism.

A sky full of drones

Ragnar Weilandt 27 October 2014

Western enthusiasm for Malala Yousafzai overshadows the fact that western policies deny children in Pakistan their most basic rights. The short-term memory of the media cycle, coupled with political self-interest and selective attention continue to marginalise the trauma of CIA drones.