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Tag Archives: Nationalism
Jul 4 2016
On Brexit & Control
2 CommentsBy Tom Gaisford The EU referendum result was not a triumph for democracy, so much as a symptom of large-scale manipulation. For all the discord and unrest it has unleashed, it may at least serve to enhance global awareness of … Continue reading
Posted by: July 4, 2016
Tagged with: Brexit, manipulation, migration, Nationalism, sovereignty
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
Feb 5 2015
Greek elections 2015: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
4 CommentsBy Sotirios Zartaloudis SYRIZA’s recent electoral victory attracted global attention. This commentary will try to explain SYRIZA’s surprise move to form a coalition government with the far-right party ANEL arguing that both parties share a worldview that explains their co-operation. … Continue reading
Posted by: February 5, 2015
Tagged with: ANEL, austerity, elections, Germany, Greece, Nationalism, populism, SYRIZA
Jan 9 2015
The challenge of responding to extreme political views: Germany struggles to address Pegida’s anti-Islam protests
1 CommentBy Stefan Bauchowitz Unlike European countries in times of the financial crisis, Germany’s economic success meant that it largely avoided debates on closing off countries against a “tide of immigrants”, and populism was largely confined to opposition to bailouts in … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2015
Tagged with: immigration, Nationalism, Pegida, populism
Sep 11 2014
Is an independence referendum the appropriate political tool to address the Catalan problem?
6 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The question whether Catalonia should be allowed to hold an independence referendum can be approached from different angles. In addition to important legal and procedural issues, the organisation of this referendum is highly problematic from both … Continue reading
Posted by: September 11, 2014
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, Catalonia, Nationalism, Referendum, secessionism, Spanish constitution
Jun 6 2014
European Union in Need of a “Relaunch”
4 CommentsBy Dimitris Mathioudakis In its simplest sense, the winner is the one to come first. In the same sense, for the front-runner of last European elections, Jean Claude Juncker, the votes of the EPP signalled a win. However, a win in … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2014
Tagged with: EU, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Euroscepticism, Nationalism, populism
May 29 2014
A Legitimization of the Italian Government More Than a Vote for Europe
4 CommentsBy Monica Poletti The overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party Elections in Italy rarely fail to surprise. The victory at the 2014 EP elections of the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left, pro-European Democratic Party (PD) came as a … Continue reading
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Democratic Party, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Five star movement, Grillo, Italy, Nationalism, populism, Renzi
May 27 2014
Democracy in Europe after the Elections
9 CommentsBy Mary Kaldor Nationalism is a way of deflecting discontent towards a convenient scapegoat, an ‘other’ – the immigrant or Europe. It is a way of mobilising political support while avoiding any commitment to address the underlying causes of discontent; … Continue reading
Mar 27 2014
Who has seized power in Crimea?
2 CommentsBy Ellie Knott According to recent statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov,Russia has claimed to be acting to protect the rights not just of citizens and military personnel, but also compatriots and Russian speakers in Crimea. But how … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2014
Tagged with: Aksyonov, Crimea, minority rights, Nationalism, Russia, Russkaya Obshchina Kryma, Russkoe Edinstvo, Stepan Bandera, Tatars, Ukraine, Ukrainisation
Mar 5 2014
Not all Ethnic Russians in Crimea Have a Political Affinity with Moscow
4 CommentsBy Ellie Knott Throughout the Ukraine crisis, Crimea has been described as a region with strong sympathies toward Russia. Based on her own research in the region, Ellie Knott takes issue with the prevailing view that ethnic Russians in Crimea … Continue reading
Posted by: March 5, 2014
Tagged with: Crimea, discrimination, Jim Hughes, Nationalism, Russia, secessionism, separatism, Ukraine