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30.09.2024
Is Democracy Worth the Trouble? Democracy

Erica Benner talks about what it takes to revive democracy in the West.

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26.09.2024
From Peace Promoter to Power Player: The EU’s Strategic Turn to Militarisation Geopolitics

How is the EU's focus shifting from peace and conflict prevention to security and increased military spending?

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24.09.2024
The Arts Festival Fighting Austria’s Far Right Society, Media and Culture

With extreme right-wing forces gaining ground across Europe, how can cultural events embody democratic resistance?

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19.09.2024
Care and Solidarity in the Age of DisabilityWelfare and Social Issues

In a capitalist world that often encourages blame and abandonment, how can we stay with injury and adapt?

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17.09.2024
Germany’s Far-Right MomentPolitics

As we try to make sense of the far-right’s rise in the EU’s biggest economy, framing the shift as a purely East German problem would be an error.

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13.09.2024
The North Sea Gamble: Energy vs. Ecology?Climate and Energy

Belgium and the EU have undertaken a colossal offshore wind project in the North Sea. What is the cost for the marine ecosystem?

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10.09.2024
Central Eastern Europe and the Push for Energy SecurityClimate and Energy

Hungary and Poland should use their presidency of the Council to promote the green transition and ensure better energy security.

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05.09.2024
US Elections: Pick Your Climate FuturePolitics

The future of climate policy is at stake in the US elections, but major transformations set in motion in recent years are unlikely to be reversed.

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03.09.2024
The Difficult Transformation of Poland’s Coal RegionWelfare and Social Issues

Amid pressure to phase out coal, workers, mining unions, and locals in Poland's Silesia are demanding a socially and economically just transition.

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28.08.2024
On Edge: Europe’s Farmers at a Mental Health Breaking Point Agriculture

The challenges European farmers face are well known. Yet the mental health toll of this state of uncertainty has so far remained largely overlooked.

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