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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, #OccupyMovementA 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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Published in: HomeOld and new demagoguery: the rhetoric of exclusion
Right-wing populist parties tend to be anti-multinational and anti-intellectual: they endorse nationalistic,...
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Published in: HomeEurope and its myopic leaders
Europe’s leaders are reversing their historically generous role in assisting countries out of criminality and...
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Published in: HomeCrisis - what crisis?
Why is widespread social anxiety fuelling xenophobia rather than criticism of neoliberal capitalism? What role has...
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Published in: HomeEnter the Fifth Estate
It is an established fact that lobbyists, consultants, MPs, civil servants and journalists are integrated in a...
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Published in: HomeGermany, Ireland, and eurozone politics
The international bailout of Ireland’s economy is another epic moment in the crisis of the eurozone. Angela Merkel’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMerkel and multi-culturalism seen from Notting Hill, London
We are all here to stay and we like it this way
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Published in: oDRThe spectre of multipolar EuropeOn Monday, Sarkozy, Merkel and Medvedev will sit down to discuss a new European conception of global security. With...
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Published in: openSecurityIran blames Stuxnet worm on western powers
Iran subject to largest-ever cyber-attack. Nigerian Independence Day marred by bombings. Europe steps up...
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