The politics of hate
If democracy consists in the recognition and organization of individual liberty, how can we justify the portrayal of democratic life as a "cultural war?"
If democracy consists in the recognition and organization of individual liberty, how can we justify the portrayal of democratic life as a "cultural war?"
If the Dutch declare the European social model defunct, what can we expect in politically hobbled, closed societies like ours?
All lives have the same value, but the political and legal consequences of the use of chemical weapons have to be different
Three numbers that help us understand our present and think about our future as Europeans
Old Europe remains stuck in the mud, entangled in its governance of the euro, with an unfavorable demography
Until Snowden we lived in the illusion that the social networks gave us unlimited capacity for action
Russian supremo feels betrayed by a middle class he sees as ungrateful for his prosperous reign
Jean Monnet, the founding father of European integration, was convinced that integration had to begin with the economy, not politics
If the 6.2 million unemployed Spaniards decided to set up their own state, there would be no less than 11 states dwarfed by this hypothetical Republic of the Dole
Hispano-German relations have plunged into an abyss of distrust, and a crossfire of negative perceptions
The crisis has relegated the Foreign Ministry to a back seat in favor of Economy and Finance, whose decisions are now the ones that count internationally
When the victims were foreigners, drones killing faraway terror suspects bothered no one in Washington
Countries reconsider the importance of national identity as confidence in the euro continues to crumble
Even if he can rule, Bersani will be pincered by Grillo's movement on one side, and the markets and Brussels on the other
Institutions are not only a means or a solution, but can often become a problem of the first order
Insensibility, ignorance, disconnection - it's as if Cameron's Cabinet were made of up journalists from the tabloid newspaper The Sun
There are crises that no one sees coming, but Mali was not one of these
If the UK were to make an exit, the Union would be a poorer one
To just what extent Bo's fall will mean the abandonment of his Chongqing experiment in favor of other models, is hard to say
With cutbacks and austerity in every state, would it not make more sense to freeze or even reduce the EU budget, instead of raising it to 1.09 trillion?
The right’s aversion to the state coincided with the left’s discovery of the market as an instrument for opportunities and social progress
Monetary union would be a huge stride toward integration, but it cannot be carried out without voters’ consent
It is naïve to think that the economic benefits of globalization alone are enough to ensure peace between states
With the passage of time, class conflicts have been blurred, ideologies eroded, and political parties have emerged that political scientists call catch-all parties
A lack of public opinion in Arab countries may be hurting the Syrian cause
The Barclays affair shows how financial institutions prefer to make easy money by bending the rules
Much of the mess we are in is due to dealing with problems as we always have: too little, too late