The Irish Same-Sex Marriage Referendum: Its Meaning for LGBT Rights in the EU
LGBT rights promotion across Europe remains an elite-level project. The EU must work directly with national partners to demonstrate that they matter equally.
The European Left after Recession and Representation: Social Democracy or Bust?
The less austere management of European capitalism would amount to an attempt to revive the spirit of social democracy, despite it having been exposed as a dead end.
The UK after the 2015 General Election: Doomed to Be a ‘Failed State’?
Brexit is not an inevitability. In the absence of charismatic pro-European voices, the pro-EU camp will struggle to make its voice heard against eurosceptic voices.
The Politics of the Humanitarian Crisis in Europe
In the face of the horrors and the tragic loss of life, allowing or even encouraging the spread of chaos by yielding to blackmail is always the wrong policy.
Greeks and Psychiatry in Crisis
The post-2008 financial crisis goes beyond the economic problems that Greece now faces. It has also created a generalized crisis in the field of psychiatry.
Monism vs. Pluralism
The conflict in Ukraine is a result of the turbulence in the system of European security, the internal crisis in Ukraine, and the crisis of Russian developmental model.
Who is a Refugee?
The very idea of who counts as a refugee is at stake due to new political discourse, and that may have dangerous consequences for all those seeking asylum around the world.
Syriza, Podemos, Venceremos? Syriza and the Future of the European Left
Syriza’s victory could, provoke a series of chain reactions inside the EU. Nonetheless, it is its success that could really provoke a European-wide political earthquake.
Europe’s Response to Migrant Tragedy in the Mediterranean
Recent EU responses should make us wonder whether the political atmosphere around migration in Europe means that the continent has journeyed to the heart of darkness.
An Unnecessary War: The Geopolitical Roots of the Ukraine Crisis
Ukraine’s geopolitical position, and the interventions of competing outside powers pursuing their own self-interest led to the continuing civil war in Ukraine.
