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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureVenezuelan refugees find only misery on the ‘happy island’ of ArubaThe Dutch island of Aruba has refused asylum to thousands of migrants who have fled neighbouring Venezuela
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the Greek islands a long-term commitment is needed from fellow EuropeansAll they do is perpetuate a situation that the islands cannot continue to bear. Greece cannot continue to bear.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Chronicles of culturological quackeryThe concept of culture as a 'driver of societies' that has become the lucky charm of nationalists, has its origins...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?National stereotypes in times of COVID-19: the ‘frugal four’ and the ‘irresponsible South’When EU leaders discuss the coronavirus Recovery Fund at the upcoming meeting of the European Council on Friday,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionPrevent and Countering Violent Extremism usher in ‘whole society’ surveillanceQuestions on Countering Violent Extremism cannot be confined to isolated issues, when this is the language through...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Welfare surveillance on trial in the NetherlandsCourts held hearings on a lawsuit by a number of groups concerned at the draconian Dutch system in late October,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Dutch universities at the crossroadsIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the recent history of the Dutch university resembles the early history...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Banning a burqa that doesn't exist – the cowardice of Dutch politics and the courage of those who resistA law directed at a few hundred women simultaneously distils and energizes the much more comprehensive Islamophobia...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why we strike: on the education strike in the Netherlands"We are not striking to fill our pockets. But to demand an end to the bossing around of our universities by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaI am not a criminal, I am an artistThe story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Migration in historical perspectiveOn the rise of Islamophobia and rightwing parties, the ideology of nation-states and other barriers to...
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Published in: 50.50What is ‘femonationalism’?Academic Sara Farris talks about the 'instrumentalisation' of migrant women in Europe by right-wing nationalists –...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s presidential referendum and the (not so) curious case of the Turkish diaspora in EuropeMaybe it is time Europe looked at itself in the mirror and started discussing why more and more people, including...
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Published in: HomeAppreciative Inquiry – putting people at the heart of the futureIt is a cyclic, iterative process which means that you continue to capture and use the learning you have as you go forward.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The fragility of the European projectOne Dutch voter fears Holland's rejection of populism might be short-lived.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Dutch elections: little to celebrateIt is the normalisation of racist liberalism that is the key to what is happening. While many have argued that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Dutch elections – making sense of its fracturesIt was the al Qaeda attacks in 2001, followed in quick succession by two political murders, that completely altered...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The erosion of Dutch democracyAhead of Wednesday’s general election, an electoral campaign characterized by populism has masked efforts to grant...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The failures of Holland’s pro-immigrant partyWas it inevitable that Think became a negative force for liberalism? One Dutch citizen tries to hold onto the middle...
