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Emergency in Slovakia | Eurozine

‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have eroded. F. Hayek The assassination attempt against Slovak prime minister Robert

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Goetz on ageing | Eurozine

Does antisemitism have roots in Islam? In the 900th edition of Merkur, Manfred Sing looks at the historical evidence and unequivocally says no. Claims to

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Bracing for a populist surge

In all three Baltic states, the ubiquitous gloom stemming from Russia’s ongoing threat has firmed up the view of the European Union (EU) and NATO

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No longer a footnote | Eurozine

In the early days of March 2022, as Russian troops were approaching the outskirts of Kyiv, international media were focused primarily on the Ukrainian frontlines.

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Tearing down Fortress Europe | Eurozine

Migration is one of today’s most powerful, and most entrenched, imaginaries. The word conjures up images of walls, borders, police, uncertainty, destitution, misery, and death.

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Forerunners of the free market

In economic terms, state socialism is usually associated with the monopoly of an authoritarian state over core elements of the economy such as trade, the

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‘From the river to the sea’: One slogan, many meanings

Recently, the opinion has taken root in Israel, and among many Jews and non-Jews internationally, that the slogan ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine

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Disappearing possibility | Eurozine

In Ny Tid, Otto Ekman writes on the murder of Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet who together with his brother Salah, nephew Mohamed, sister Asmaa

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Goodbye, Isis | Eurozine

I was just a child when a group of Chechens attacked the train taking my mother and me to Sochi. It was night or late

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Running scared | Eurozine

Leading up to the March 7 State of the Union speech, Biden supporters were scared. They had every reason to be. The President’s approval rating