The hostile climate of unhinged American exceptionalism
Trump’s announcement on 1 June that he would pull the US out of the Paris Agreement signals a dangerous turn in the attitude of “the one remaining superpower”.
Editorials
Macron marching on
Macron has defused the nationalist bomb at the foundations of Europe. But a lot more needs to be done to set France and Europe on a positive path.
The sick man of Turkey
The EU and other international organisations cannot remain idle in the face of the increasingly blatant violations of basic democratic norms in Turkey.
Mr Juncker’s White Paper
The European Commission issued a “White Paper on the Future of Europe” as its contribution to the soul-searching in Brussels.
Cold plunge into the Trump era
On Friday, 20 January 2017, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America. He used the occasion to remind his fellow US citizens and the rest of the world of his campaign promises, summing up with the nationalist slogans “America First” and “Make America Great Again”. The new President did not lose time before starting to implement some of those promises.
Zygmunt Bauman will stay near
He was a consistent critic of postmodernity and identified the basic mechanism of reproduction in contemporary societies: consumption and seduction.
Down with you, 2016! Dark thoughts, lingering hopes, firm resolution
What a year it has been! The last few days of it serve as a reminder of what we went through in the previous 12 months.
Marrakech: Climate conference in grim political weather
The UN’s 22n climate change conference, or COP22 as it is broadly known, ended in Marrakech, Morocco. Trump’s election cast a shadow over its relative successes.
Trump’s White House and Paris Climate Agreement: Is Europe up for the challenge?
The election victory of Donald Trump can paralyse global climate and sustainable development policy for years. But it is not just for to the US to decide whether it actually comes to this.
The US presidential election drama
- Editorials , World , USA
For many months now the world has been watching the unfolding drama of the US presidential campaign, starring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The American elections are of global relevance, as the USA remains the single most powerful country with a unique combination of economic, military, diplomatic but also cultural and normative strength. We have…
