Europe

Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup

Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup

The EU is facing a crisis of legitimacy—but retreating to the nation-state will only benefit the far right.

Oct 6, 2017 / Feature / Yanis Varoufakis and James K. Galbraith

Red Square in Moscow

Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia? Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia?

“Russiagate” is abetting the possibility of direct military conflict with Moscow, and liberals, once opponents of such politics, are promoting it.

Sep 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

This Is What a Socialist Looks Like

This Is What a Socialist Looks Like This Is What a Socialist Looks Like

In a signature speech at the Labour Party conference, Jeremy Corbyn laid out an agenda to return power to the people.

Sep 27, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

Border camp Greece

Only One EU Country Has Permanently Taken In All the Asylum Seekers It Promised To Only One EU Country Has Permanently Taken In All the Asylum Seekers It Promised To

Less than a third of the 54,000 asylum seekers EU countries agreed to relocate have been provided long-term resettlement.

Sep 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen

A pro-independence rally

Have Spain and Catalonia Reached a Point of No Return? Have Spain and Catalonia Reached a Point of No Return?

The bitter struggle over an independence referendum has pushed the country into a grave constitutional crisis.

Sep 26, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Macron protest

The False Promise of Macron’s Labor Reforms The False Promise of Macron’s Labor Reforms

The French president’s proposed labor code would have grave consequences for workers.

Sep 22, 2017 / Cole Stangler

Austerity Kills

How to Lose Elections and Influence People How to Lose Elections and Influence People

Labour may have lost the election, but it laid the foundation for a more progressive UK.

Sep 22, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Jon Huntsman

Trump Has Given Russia Hawks Little to Complain About Trump Has Given Russia Hawks Little to Complain About

Appointment hearings for Jon M. Huntsman and A. Wes Mitchell were wholly in line with the Beltway consensus on Russia.

Sep 21, 2017 / James Carden

Angela Merkel Campaigning

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Appears Set to Win a 4th Term—but at What Cost? German Chancellor Angela Merkel Appears Set to Win a 4th Term—but at What Cost?

The anchor of the eurozone looks like an island of centrist calm amid turbulent populist waters. But an existential crisis may be looming.

Sep 20, 2017 / Philip Oltermann

The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism

The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism

As a set of policies and as an ideal for a more pluralist society, it has failed not because of recent waves of immigration but because of how Europeans view their own culture and ...

Sep 20, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Joan W. Scott

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