Culture and art as political tools for the civil society: A Serbian example
Various European crises have demonstrated that the political asymmetry between centre and periphery must be reframed. We need new political cartographies.
Dialogue
Should politics reform the collective imaginary?
Loved by children for generations, Black Pete has become a point of dispute for the Dutch. A harmless tradition or a racist hangover from the colonial past?
The dangerous euro: Why ‘currency users’ cannot avoid austerity
It is said that austerity is our fate. But severe fiscal constraints are a fact of economic life only for countries without their own currency.
Dirty campaigning à la House of Cards in Austria
Smear campaigns, threats and leaks: Austria’s general election campaign was not only the country’s longest ever, but its dirtiest too.
On eclipsed ends: Ideals and ambitions in the search for Europa
People rarely talk about the overall objectives of the ‘European Project.’ Much of Europe’s political class acts as if it’s a non-issue.
Catalonia: Europe’s newest country?
Europe needs to rethink the way it is governed, at all levels, otherwise Catalonia’s attempt to break away will just be a taste of things to come.
Schulz’s original sin
Martin Schulz chose not to openly champion for “red-red-green”. He then plunged in the polls, also failing to represent an alternative for Germany and Europe.
A statesman without a state
How Jean-Claude Juncker surprised everybody during his State of the European Union address.
Schröder’s disciples
Renzi and Macron aim to promote growth and employment by following the path of Germany’s last social-democratic chancellor. They may be digging their own graves.
The Siberian elements: Irkutsk and Olkhon Island, the jewel of Lake Baikal
Fast forwarding the time, my body clock gone haywire, I arrive into Irkutsk and its delicious cocktail of architecture, cultures, traditions and peoples.
