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Category Archives: Nationalism
Jul 12 2016
The battle lines have been etched
Comments Off on The battle lines have been etchedBy Max Hänska Latent tensions became manifest with the result of the Brexit referendum, etching the battle line that will define the struggles ahead. Those who have embraced and built their lives around our liberal-cosmopolitan global order, and found opportunity … Continue reading
Posted by: July 12, 2016
Tagged with: Brexit, international order, post truth politics
Jun 16 2016
Capitalism Today: The Austrian Presidential Election and the State of the Right and the Left in Europe
1 CommentBy Christian Fuchs Europe Today – Capitalism Today Europe is in a crisis. Capitalism’s contradictions resulted in a new world economic crisis that exploded in 2008. Governments have bailed out banks and have protected the rich and transnational corporations, while … Continue reading
Posted by: June 16, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Euroscepticism, far-right, Neoliberalism, Socialism
Apr 5 2016
The EU, a Fair-Weather Ship Between Scylla and Charybdis
Comments Off on The EU, a Fair-Weather Ship Between Scylla and CharybdisBy Max Hänska The EU faces debilitation by multiple crises: economic malaise and high unemployment, an influx of refugee and mounting security concerns. They all lay bare that resilience was not build into the EU’s architecture, it lacks the institutional … Continue reading
Posted by: April 5, 2016
Tagged with: Crisis, EU, European geopolitics, Security, Socio-economic security
Mar 21 2016
Europe’s Human Rights Crisis
2 CommentsBy Natasha Saunders Fidelity to one’s principles is measured by how they are honoured in times of crisis. Hannah Arendt – a refugee who fled Nazi Germany and became one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century … Continue reading
Posted by: March 21, 2016
Tagged with: asylum, asylum seekers, EU, human rights, immigration, Refugee Convention, refugee crisis, refugee law, refugees
Feb 9 2016
Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?
Comments Off on Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?By Marina Prentoulis As a Greek citizen long resident in Britain, I cannot help noticing the almost complete absence of any sense of European identity in the UK. It seems that Britain has never really seen itself as part of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 9, 2016
Tagged with: another europe, Brexit, EU referendum, European identity, Euroscepticism
Jan 14 2016
Understanding Euroscepticism: How British hostility to the EU contrasts with opposition elsewhere in Europe
1 CommentBy Montserrat Guibernau The UK and the EU are both changing. The UK stands as a world power and, as such, it continues to look for recognition while maintaining a distinct identity and status, which includes a special relationship with … Continue reading
Posted by: January 14, 2016
Tagged with: Europe, Euroscepticism, globalisation, identity, UK
Dec 7 2015
Separatism does nothing for Catalan identity
Comments Off on Separatism does nothing for Catalan identityBy Alessio Colonnelli ANC & Co. should focus on making a stronger case in Madrid for the Catalan-language regions of Spain. It’s not just about Catalonia. In late spring 2008, the CEO of Air Berlin Joachim Hunold said the airline … Continue reading
Posted by: December 7, 2015
Tagged with: Catalan, Catalonia, Valencia
Nov 2 2015
As Europe looks fearfully outside, its liberal democracy is under attack from within
3 CommentsBy Cas Mudde Liberal democracy in Europe is under threat once more. This time, however, the threat comes from within the European elite. What can be done to remedy this situation? If one believes the international media, then the “refugee … Continue reading
Posted by: November 2, 2015
Tagged with: far-right, Hungary, Liberal Democracy, refugee crisis
May 7 2015
The Double Death of Europe
5 CommentsBy Adrian Pabst Introduction: the broken promise of peace and prosperity The continual crisis in the Eurozone and in Ukraine poses the most serious danger to Europe since the darkest days of the Cold War. Economic devastation in the south … Continue reading
Posted by: May 7, 2015
Tagged with: Accountability, Crisis, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Inequality, Islamic State, Nationalism, peace dividend, populism, Ukraine, unemployment
Apr 1 2015
Ciudadanos: the ‘tortoise’ that may beat the ‘hare’ in the race for political reform in Spain
4 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The emergence of Ciudadanos or Ciutadans (‘Citizens’ in Spanish and Catalan) as a credible alternative to the People’s Party (PP) and Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) is one of the most significant events in the Spanish … Continue reading
Posted by: April 1, 2015
Tagged with: Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos, Podemos, Spain, Spain elections, Spanish politics