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Published in: openSecurityIndia-Pakistan talks slowly move forwardForeign 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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Published in: HomeThe success of IslamophobiaToday, we see that the rules of western European racism are shifting. On the one hand, they are becoming less...
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Published in: HomeGermany goes global: farewell, Europe
The great engine both of Europe’s economic strength and its political unity is falling out of love with its...
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Published in: openSecurityWikileaks release 90,000 documents relating to war in Afghanistan
US condemns release of tens of thousands of classified Afghan war documents. Duch, Pol Pot’s infamous prison chief,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPublic service broadcasters under pressure: German broadcasters face convergence
German public service broadcasters face a similar upheaval to those in Britain but enter the fray encumbered by a...
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Published in: HomeGermany, Greece, and Europe’s future
The European Union has been split by the crisis over Greece’s debt. The lesson is that Germany needs to resume its...
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Published in: HomeThe decline of Europe's social democratic parties
On previous occasions of decline, social democracy has bounced back in Europe, but this time the record includes...
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Published in: openSecurityUN considers withdrawal of peacekeepers from DRC
UN discusses withdrawal of peacekeepers from DRC. Burma-North Korea ties create new headache for US. Rise in birth...
