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W ell over two months after its general election, Italy is still missing a government. On March the 4th Italians were called to choose new representatives for both the Chamber of…
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F or weeks, German domestic politics has been plagued by discussions surrounding German identity, its constituent parts and challenges to German society. These discussions included an important revival of debates around…
B y removing internal border controls, countries party to the Schengen Agreement effectively abandoned a core element of state sovereignty in favor of freedom of movement. But they embarked on this federal project without building the…
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T he current debate around Islam in Germany reveals that Germany has not yet made up its mind as to whether it is ready to embrace its new status a country…
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A spectrum is around Europe. Indeed, it goes beyond its borders and embraces the West. This…
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A fter Monday’s summit in Varna, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov could heave a sigh of relief. Beforehand, he feared the meeting between European Council President Donald Tusk and European President…
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T hese days data from the Syrian regime leaked out, including lists of people wanted by the authorities. Names count over one million, including mine.
The lists include the names of the…
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T he state of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey is shocking. Since the failed coup, the Turkish government misuses the steadily prolonged state of emergency to…
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A fter the exodus of European youth to Syria and Iraq, the problem of how to deal with these so-called foreign fighters surfaced. Why did they leave to fight? Which ranks…
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M igration—mass movements of the desperate and the dispossessed from north and central Africa, from Syria-Iraq’s…