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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Pretzel swastikas and Döner killings: are Germany’s best intentions becoming its fatal flaw?The importance attached to maintaining the narrative of a tolerant Germany elides some uglier cultural symbolism -...
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Published in: HomeNew treaty or institutionalised hypocrisy?
Mrs Merkel and much of the German political establishment doggedly espouse the doctrine of ordoliberalism, despite...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s radical right: recognising and managing the ‘threat’
Safeguarding communities and nations from the potential threats of radical right narratives is not about controlling...
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Published in: HomeNeo-Nazi terror and Germany’s racism problem
A failed bank robbery on November 4 this year, exposed a cell in eastern Germany calling itself the “National...
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Published in: HomeEurope: after the endgame
The eurozone crisis reveals the exhaustion of the post-1945 model of Europe-building. This poses a historic...
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Published in: HomeTowards a Red-Green People’s Europe
The president of PASOK and of the Socialist International addressed the German Green party in an audience including...
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Published in: HomeSecurity and cooperation in the Middle East: searching for a solution
The lack of both security and cooperation is an enduring malady in the Middle East. Can global civil society apply...
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Published in: HomeAchtung, Dear Berliners: A Polish Answer to the German Question
Germany's elite: thankful but shocked at the truths and recommendations brought to them by the friendly but frank...
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Published in: HomeThe possibilities and impossibilities of being a neighbourGerman-born Daniel Zylbersztajn has recently returned to Poland, two months after his father's passing away. In the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReproduction of movement(s) without organisation: #UKUncut, #OWS, #OccupyMovement
A global day of collective action in 82 countries shook the world on October 15, 2011. Yet the protests were not...
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Published in: HomeGermany: the beleaguered European island
Many outward economic indicators still tell a story of German success. Inside, there are many signs of a troubled...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: when Europe went right it went wrong
The turn into a neoliberal direction of European integration is at the root of the present crisis. In the search to...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: racing for the lifeboats
In July, amidst great drama, the Eurozone seemed to enact a political compromise, saving the euro as a single...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the making of the Union’s crisisYes, European leaders could all agree when it came to imposing austerity on Athens, Dublin, Lisbon and Rome,...
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Published in: HomeGermany’s nuclear endgame: the lessons
The historic decision by Germany’s government to end the country’s nuclear-energy programme is owed to the enduring...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia-Pakistan talks slowly move forward
Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan meet in Islamabad to discuss security issues. In northern Kenya,...
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Published in: HomeWhy Germany needs a strategy on withdrawal from the EU
It is taboo for Berlin of course, but a German strategy for EU withdrawal could actually be good for European cooperation.
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Published in: HomeGerman angst and catastrophic modernity: switching off nuclear power
Germany's decision to decommission its nuclear power stations is the outcome of a half century of anxiety about...
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Published in: HomePolitics of fear: a frightened left
Nobody has raised real debates in national or supranational parliaments to discuss the excesses of the securitarian...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe coordinated attack on multiculturalism
Centre-right parties across Europe are announcing the failure of multiculturalism. We are witnessing a co-ordinated...
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