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Martin Hala

From "big character posters" to blogs

Facets of independent self-expression in China

Despite predictions to the contrary, the Internet has not brought about abrupt political change in China and is not likely to do so anytime soon. Its significance and implications for Chinese society lie elsewhere, writes Martin Hala. [German version added] [more]

25.10.2007


Joschka Fischer

Not an island

Europe and the Middle East

Europe can play a major role in averting conflict in the Middle East, says Joschka Fischer. But does it have the instruments and institutions to do so? Given the urgency of the situation, can Europeans afford the luxury of being against Europe? [more]

14.03.2008


Jan-Werner Müller

European memory politics revisited

European commemorative culture is an integral component of the post-national process. But how can a "European memory" be justified if we aren't to refer to a continental, quasi-national entity? [more]

18.10.2007


Ralf Dahrendorf

Eight remarks on populism

A fissure has opened up between citizens and power, information gaps that invite conspiracy theories and patent recipes. The parliamentary process is empirically the best antidote to populism; its gradual erosion presents one of the greatest challenges to contemporary liberal politics. [more]

18.09.2007


Ivan Krastev

The populist moment

Unlike the extremist parties of the 1930s, the new populist movements do not aim to abolish democracy: quite the opposite, writes Ivan Krastev. What we are witnessing is a conflict between elites suspicious of democracy and increasingly illiberal publics. [Lithuanian version added] [more]

13.03.2008


Jacek Kochanowicz

Right turn

Polish politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Alternatives to the anti-communism and national conservatism of Poland's two main rightwing parties are barely offered by a Centre-Left tarnished by corruption scandals. With new elections set for 21 October, it seems unlikely that Poland will alter its course rightwards. [Bulgarian version added] [more]

20.11.2007


Jacques Rupnik

Populism in Eastern Central Europe

Directly after the fall of communism, hopes burgeoned for democracy in the "new" Eastern Central Europe. What does the current climate of populism mean for these hopes and how does it affect these countries' relations with the EU? [Bulgarian version added] [more]

20.11.2007


Ulrike Brunotte

Martyrdom, patria, and the cult of dead warriors

Maleness and soteriology in war

The battle of Langemarck in 1914, in the course of which up to 20 000 German soldiers died, became a powerful myth of youth, honour, maleness, and martyrdom for National Socialism. The fascist slogan "Death lives!" expressed the transformation of biopower into "death power" in the racist model of the nation. [more]

21.08.2007


Oliver Krüger

Perfecting the human being

Death and immortality in post- and trans-humanism

Post- and trans-humanism's relentlessly utopian responses to the "problem of mortality" are the flipside to Günther Anders' diagnosis of "Promethian shame". [more]

16.08.2007


José Casanova

Religion, European secular identities, and European integration

The rapid process of secularization in western Europe has not diminished the unease with which Europe considers Islam and Muslims in its midst. In this benchmark essay from 2004, José Casanova argues that the "Islam problem" is an indicator of the disparity between liberal and illiberal strands of European secularism. [Lithuanian version added] [more]

16.01.2008


Rainer Münz

Old Europe

A look ahead to the twenty-first century

With rising life expectancy, stagnating working-age populations, and low birth rates, Europe faces a demographic challenge over the next fifty years the likes of which it has never known. [French version added] [more]

14.06.2007


Charles Hirschman

The impact of immigration on American society

Looking backward to the future

In a survey of the history of American immigration, Charles Hirschman points out that almost all popular fears about immigration and even the negative judgements of "experts" have been proven false by history. [more]

11.05.2007


Olivier Roy

Islamic evangelism

Islam in Europe

It is a mistake to think that religious and political radicalism among European Muslims is a mere import from the cultures and conflicts of the Middle East. It is above all a consequence of the globalization and Westernization of Islam, writes Olivier Roy. [more]

03.05.2007


Nilüfer Göle

The Islamist identity

Islam, European public space, and civility

It is not distance from, but proximity to modern life that triggers a return to religious identity among migrant Muslims in Europe, says Nilüfer Göle. The religious self for individual Muslims is being shifted from the private to the public realm. [more]

02.10.2006


Ivaylo Ditchev

Fluid citizenship

Utopia of freedom or reality of submission?

Large sections of the populations of countries at the peripheries of the EU are in permanent migratory motion. The trend towards overcoming arbitrary socio-political territories has its apotheosis in the Internet's utopian horizon of absolute mobility. [French and German versions added] [more]

19.04.2007


Jacques Rupnik

Anatomy of a crisis

The Referendum and the dilemmas of the enlarged European Union

The derailing of the EU constitution in 2005 raised fears that Europe would become divided and increasingly unstable. On the underlying causes and possible consequences of the crisis of the European project. [English version added] [more]

26.03.2007


Jan-Werner Müller

A "pause for thought" without the thought?

Possible ways to talk about the future of the EU today

The one-year "pause for thought" launched by Europe's elites after the rejection of the EU constitution in 2005 was extended in June 2006. This time could be used to discuss the pros and cons of competing Euro-visions, writes Jan-Werner Müller. [French version added] [more]

11.05.2007


Claus Leggewie

Equally criminal?

Totalitarian experience and European memory

Whoever wishes to give European society a political identity will rate the discussion of disputed memories as highly as treaties, a common currency, and open borders. [more]

02.04.2007


Aleksander Smolar

The return of the radicals

The radical government stems from that section of the Solidarity movement opposed to the route transformation took after 1989. Their cultural conservatism has landed on fertile ground in a contemporary Poland suffering from social alienation and distrust in democratic institutions [more]

28.09.2006


Olivier Mongin, Jean-Louis Schlegel

The legislation of 1905

Should France's laws from 1905 regulating laïcité be reformed after a century of changes in the religious composition of French society? [more]

15.09.2006


Philipp Ther

The burden of history and the trap of memory

The displacement of Germans at the end of WWII has re-entered the public debate with the TV drama "Die Flucht" [The escape]. Philipp Ther discusses the reasons for the shift in the way the German wartime past is being remembered. [more]

21.08.2006


Abdesselam Cheddadi

The question of tolerance in Islamic societies

Today's Muslim societies must consider afresh the question of tolerance, and ask why they find themselves mired in indecision and resentment, says Abdesselam Cheddadi. [more]

29.01.2007


Daničle Hervieu-Léger

The role of religion in establishing social cohesion

Nostalgic references to a religious past will not help solve the question of a "European soul". Yes, this past is both glorious and painful, but it no longer exists, writes Daničle Hervieu-Léger. Instead, the weakening of the foundations of religion could prove to be a good starting point for a more specific reconsideration of European religious heritage. [more]

02.10.2006


Roman Szporluk

The western dimension of the making of modern Ukraine

The history of Ukrainian independence begins with the revolution in 1848, and thereafter is shaped by European and Russian interests. [more]

22.07.2005


Timothy Snyder

Balancing the books

European history needs to include both Western and Eastern experiences. Then, solidarity rather than national prejudice would motivate public opinion on matters of European politics. [more]

03.05.2005


Pierre Nora

Reasons for the current upsurge in memory

Over the past quarter century, social structures have undergone a sea change in their traditional relationship to the past. Pierre Nora examines the roots and causes of "memorialism". [Hungarian and Lithuanian versions added] [more]

08.10.2007


Tatiana Zhurzhenko

Is Ukraine heading for breakup?

Parts of Ukraine threaten to seek autonomy from the capital Kiev. Tatiana Zhurzhenko looks at what is behind these threats. How big is the risk of Ukraine falling apart? [more]

19.01.2005


Oksana Zabuzhko

Ukraine's Solidarity

Ukrainian author Oksana Zabuzhko walks the streets of Kiev and witnesses an unprecedented upsurge of national solidarity. "To put it simply," she writes, "'they' are the power - the most widely hated power in Ukraine since Soviet times. And 'we' - we are the people." [more]

26.11.2004


Timothy Snyder

Ukraine: an opportunity for Europe

There are moments in history when one must think broadly and ambitiously. To secure democracy in Ukraine is certainly in the interest of the European Union, writes Timothy Snyder. It is also a test for a Europe that wishes to play a role in the world. [more]

26.11.2004


Tymofiy Havryliv

The second turning point

The Ukrainians fight for their right to a democratic state

What we see in the Ukraine today is a second turning point. Without a democratic and European Ukraine, Europe risks being brought back to the times of the Cold War. [more]

24.11.2004


Slavenka Drakulic

Triumph of evil

Portrait of a war criminal

Slavenka Draculic on Radislav Krstic, the first war criminal to be indicted in The Hague for his role in the Srebrenica massacre. [more]

12.02.2004


Petya Kabakchieva

Eurolocal perspectives towards the EU

Imagining the European Union as a nation-state

In Bulgaria, the EU has replaced the nation-state as a symbol of authority. Nevertheless, regional identity won't get lost, since regions "are a configuration of liminalities that overlap and accrue, providing different options". [Swedish version added] [more]

09.01.2007


Nelly Bekus-Goncharova

An invisible wall

The hidden factor of Belarusian reality

Who is to blame for the political stagnation in Belarus? [more]

09.03.2004


Roman Szporluk

Why Ukrainians are Ukrainians

A Commentary on Mykola Riabchuk's "Ukraine: One State, two Countries"?

What does it take to build a civil society in the Ukraine? [more]

15.07.2003


Mykola Riabchuk

Ukraine: One State, Two Countries?

Does the Ukrainian political elite use the country's deep sense of political ambivalence to stay in power? [more]

14.07.2003


Tatiana Zhurzhenko

The myth of two Ukraines

A Commentary on Mykola Riabchuk's "Ukraine: One State, two Countries"?

Can the Ukraine overcome the rift between the 'europeanized' West and the 'russified' East of the country? [more]

14.07.2003


Krzysztof Pomian

Western prejudices, Polish fears

Who's afraid of the European enlargement? [more]

30.06.2003


Joanna Tokarska-Bakir

Poland as the sick man of Europe?

Jedwabne, "post-memory" and historians

Joanna Tokarska-Bakir investigates the defence mechanisms triggered by the European past: on the one hand the Holocaust guilt-complex and on the other the language historians use to talk about it. [more]

30.05.2003


Jacqueline Hénard

Right wing populism as class struggle

France after April 21st

Where did it all go wrong for the French political elite? [more]

15.05.2003


Claus Leggewie

Transnational movements and the question of democracy

Social movements can provide an early warning system to mainstream politics. But once institutionalized, their lack of democratic mandate raises problems of legitimacy. This paradox must be negotiated if democracy is to respond to the global situation. [more]

20.05.2005


Jacques Rupnik

Between democratic fatigue and the politics of fear

The French presidential elections 2002

This was no regular presidential election, it was a referendum on basic commitment to democratic values and an open society. Jacques Rupnik takes a look at French politics and discovers a radical shift. [more]

05.02.2003


Richard Hyman

Where Does Solidarity End?

What changes do trade unions need to implement in order to construct a meaningful and just framework for today's workforce? [more]

17.09.2002


Alexei Miller

The Communist Past in Post-Communist Russia

Alexei Miller on the flaws, achievements, problems and development of Russia's process of dealing with its Communist past. [more]

24.05.2002


Anatoly M Khazanov

Contemporary Russian Nationalism between East and West

In the current Russian conditions of social and political fragmentation, nationalism has - inevitably - become a very important factor in the country's development, writes A. Khazanov. [more]

08.03.2002


Jacek Kochanowicz

Poland: In or Out?

Where is the West of Europe and where is its East? At hand of the Polish example, Jacek Kochanowicz looks at an elusive border that remains difficult to draw on either side of a country. [more]

26.02.2002


Daniel Chirot

Returning to Reality

Culture, Modernisation and Various Eastern Europes

Daniel Chirot warns that the differentiation between "East" and "Central" Europe draws a new border between "East" and "West" which will result in excluding the poorer parts of Europe and will keep them poorer in delaying their modernisation. [more]

11.01.2002


Jacques Rupnik

EU Enlargement to the East

The Anatomy of a Reticence

A decade after the collapse of communism, the EU has still not been extended towards the East. Can Europe meet the challenge of integration for integration's sake? [more]

05.10.2000


Jyoti Mistry

(Hi)Story, Truth and Nation

Building a "new" South Africa

Story-telling as a major component of building a national identity, the definitions of nations and nation states as well as the significance of history and memory are the building blocks that need to be considered in understanding how South Africa will develop a "new" identity. [more]

01.04.2001


Thomas Schramme

Tainted Humanity

The Dilemma of Military Interventions

As a response to the NATO intervention in Kosovo, a debate erupted as to the moral basis of humanitarian interventions: How can one reconcile the fact that the defence of one group's rights endangers those of another? [more]

01.04.2001


Ernest Gellner

Religion and the profane

"The difference between the success of Islam and the failure of Marxism is that [...] Islam never claimed that work is sacred." Ernest Gellner, speaking in 1995, draws surprising comparisons between Marxism and Islam. [more]

06.11.2006


Danuta Beata Pawlak

Jeans and Veils

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17.07.2000



Timothy Garton Ash, Janos Kis, Jacques Rupnik, Karl zu Schwarzenberg, Martin M Simecka, Aleksander Smolar

Europe after the Kosovo War

.. [more]

11.07.2000


Charles Taylor

Democratic exclusion - and its consequences

Democracy as a political model demands, more than anything else, inclusion. However it also contains a dynamic of exclusion. Charles Taylor asks how this tendency can be counteracted. [more]

21.02.2002


Joana Breidenbach, Ina Zukrigl

In the Prism of the Local

As globalisation takes root, local traditions and forms of life vanish faster than they did before. Simultaneously, we find better ways of reserving those lost traditions. Forms of life are not erased in creolised culture, they take on new and integrating shapes. [more]

11.07.2000


Pal Nyiri

New Asian Migration to Eastern Europe

The Case of the Chinese in Hungary

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18.10.1999


Charles S Maier

Territorialism and Globalism

.. [more]

03.07.1999






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