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What Europe Has to Learn from Israel about Security

Containing terror with security measures only goes so far.

An article with the same title as this one was published in the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s English-language daily a day after the terrorist attacks in Brussels. The author, Yossi Melman, describes the attacks as “the result of years of negligence” and “a colossal security and intelligence failure.” According to Melman, Europe missed the opportunity to profit from Israel’s security-related know-how. The author is both right and wrong.

Our own “Waste Land”

Dialogue , Op-ed
28 March, 2016

by Evangelos Areteos

From the ashes of this ethical debris of the European civilization and the European project that were born after the Second World War and in reaction to all the ignominies of that past, the nation-state and its populist hubris are emerging as the big winners.

A JOURNEY WITH REFUGEES-PART 1

Dialogue , Op-ed
19 March, 2016

by Evangelos Areteos

We spent six days following refugees from Turkey to Idomeni, northern Greece, through Lesvos, Piraeus and Athens. What we lived and what we saw was a great lesson of humanity and strength but also a painful experience of suffering

Refugee Crisis: To be continued

On 7 March 2016, a meeting of the EU leaders and Turkey took place in Brussels with migration and the refugee crisis at the heart of the agenda. A plan in the making is the end result of this round of negotiations with Turkey…

UK’s Referendum: Should the UK Leave the European Union?

A referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union is due to take place before the end of 2017. If there is agreement at the European Union Council on 18-19 February 2016 the referendum can take place as soon as June 2016.

Is there something happening in European defence?

By Mario Laborie Iglesias

Here is a look at the prospects and major challenges for the EU’s common security and defence in 2016.

Meta-Nation for Dummies

New-comers could profit from an informative crash course on their hosts’ norms and values. But the question, “What does it mean to live in a multi-ethnic society, in a meta-nation?” is one that hosts themselves should not put the aside for too.

How to successfully convert your democratic country into a dictatorship

Do you suffer from terrible headaches caused by your democracy? Are you tired of different people speaking their minds openly and shamelessly and making you look bad?

Europe on the globe

Global crises, world views and crossroads

Europe must send global cooperation signals – Four proposals

Identities, migrations and Europe- a sometimes explosive relationship

Who are the real “Europeans” today? The bureaucrats, officials and parliamentarians of the European institutions, in their somewhat isolated “Brussels bubble”? A few distinguished philosophers and other intellectuals who firmly reject nationalism?

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