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Category Archives: Europe
Jul 12 2017
Renaissance or Decline? Europe‘s Crisis of Solidarity
2 CommentsBy Federico Nicolaci It is plain, and painful, to see: Europe’s existential crisis, which broke out almost eight years ago, far from gradually finding its solution, is worsening month by month. Not without a certain amount of irony, the disintegration … Continue reading
Posted by: July 12, 2017
Tagged with: EU, Euro crisis, refugee crisis, Solidarity
May 5 2017
The Politics of Post-Truth
2 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Every book is imbued with the name of God, and we have anagrammed all books in history, without praying […]. What our lips said, our cells have learnt. What have my cells done? They have invented a … Continue reading
Posted by: May 5, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, EH Carr, fake news, Information, post-truth, psychological warfare, Trump, Umberto Eco
Apr 4 2017
Brexit as a Strategic Shift
1 CommentBy Roberto Orsi Britain’s move to leave the European Union has been a topic of political discussion worldwide for more than a year, starting from an extremely polarising referendum campaign in spring 2016 to the latest developments following PM May’s … Continue reading
Posted by: April 4, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, history, Strategy, Theresa May
Mar 31 2017
We’ve triggered Article 50. Is this such a tragedy for Europe?
1 CommentBy Mary Kaldor It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain. This is a very sad day … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2017
Tagged with: article 50, austerity, Brexit, Neoliberalism, populism
Mar 9 2017
Brexit and the First ‘European’ Generation
Comments Off on Brexit and the First ‘European’ GenerationBy Michael Cottakis Support for the EU is highest amongst Europe’s young. This is, perhaps, unsurprising. After all, we are talking about the Erasmus or EasyJet generation of cheap travel and study abroad; the first in Europe’s history to grow up … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2017
Tagged with: 1989 Generation Initiative, European Generation, Pro-European, young
Feb 20 2017
The European Union at a Crossroads
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The European Union is approaching a moment of difficult decisions which will determine whether it will manage to survive in the near future or whether it will enter the final trajectory of its dissolution. In the past … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2017
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Crisis, Decline of Europe, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Italian decline, Italian economy, Italy, Renzi
Jan 19 2017
Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human development
Comments Off on Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human developmentΒy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso When the different stages of a production process are carried out in different countries, a form of global integration is being developed. The global integration of the production process is usually understood as economic … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2017
Tagged with: China, Economic cycles, economic development, flexicurity, globalisation, growth, human capital, Neoliberalism, unemployment, USA
Dec 20 2016
President Trump and the Politics of Tragedy
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi For someone who tries to think in dialectical terms, the catastrophic handling of the immigration crisis in 2015 raised more than just some concern. It appears simply impossible that this kind of blunder could have not generated … Continue reading
Posted by: December 20, 2016
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Brexit, Nemesis, Political Violence, Tragedy, Trump
Dec 9 2016
A View on Brexit from Abroad
3 CommentsBy Henry Freeman Promises of an extra £350m a week, posted on the side of a bus. Doomsday economic predictions from the Remain campaign; the reply, “We’ve had enough of experts!”. Jo Cox MP shot dead in the street, the … Continue reading
Posted by: December 9, 2016
Tagged with: Brexit, Migration Museum Project, Nationalism, Referendum
Nov 15 2016
European Union’s Key Figures
Comments Off on European Union’s Key Figuresby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso With the objective to draw some conclusions about macroeconomic stability and economic structure, this article examines for the 28 Member States of the European Union, the following aspects: GDP and AIC per capita, General … Continue reading
Posted by: November 15, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, economic data, Economics, GDP, macroeconomics, national debt