Russia’s Recalcitrance Presents Uncertainty for the OSCE
It is the ironic quandary of our time: As issues become more complex and more global, the channels for nations to talk to each other have narrowed, and international agreements…
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French Green presidential pick lays out EU presidency priorities in case of takeover
Boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics, speeding up the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and proceedings against Poland and Hungary should be high on the French agenda during the upcoming EU…
What the History of Ireland Teaches Us
An unrealistic understanding of the past can lead popular opinion and politicians into tragic errors. The historian Felix Larkin has recently published a collection of essays, entitled “Living With History,”…
What Does Boris Johnson Believe?
British media revealed this week that Sir Geoffrey Cox, a Conservative Party MP, had been accused of a conflict of interest. The Guardian reports that “he had lobbied against imposing tougher…
The Migrant Crisis on Poland-Belarus Border Is Lukashenko’s Vendetta
Hundreds of people stand in front of a barbed wire; some try to force it. Behind them are troops encouraging them to break the fence. On the other side are…
Germany’s new government bets on inaugural trips to help bolster EU’s key role
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday (8 December), will already be embarking on a series of inaugural visits across Europe, accompanied by his foreign…
The importance of teaching Europe’s past
It matters how Europe teaches its past, and the importance of history teaching has been thrown into sharp focus by the emergence during the Covid pandemic of conspiracy theories and…
Switzerland Prepares to Vote on the COVID-19 Certificate
Switzerland is in the news again, and not in a positive sense. Quite the contrary: In no country in Western Europe are COVID-19 vaccine skeptics as vocal and militant as…
COVID-19: Has the Austrian Government Overreached?
On Friday, news broke about a nationwide lockdown in Austria, which comes into effect on November 22. This was coupled with a government decision to make getting vaccinated against COVID-19…
Why the Crisis on the Polish-Belarusian Border Is Not a Hybrid Attack
Thousands of people are waiting at the border between Belarus and Poland, hoping to enter the European Union. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has flown them in from crisis areas like…