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Fighting racism together: anti-racism protests in the US and Europe
The ongoing anti-racism demonstrations in the United States spurred by the brutal killing of George Floyd spread across the Atlantic. In many Europea…
5 years, 7 months ago
Russia’s Syria, Turkey’s Libya?
The attempt of a peace process in Libya is facing several substantial hindrances, where a variety of actors keep on inducing significant upheavals in…
5 years, 7 months ago
The EU recovery plan – rather a “Merkron” than a “Hamiltonian” moment?
The recent Franco-German proposal for an EU recovery fund sparked a lively debate on possible changes in EU’s nature, suggesting that the plan to rai…
5 years, 7 months ago
A triangle deal - How covid-19 is reshaping the global order and EU-China relations
Last year, the European Union published a strategic outlook in which it reviewed China as a partner, competitor and a strategic rival, creating a liv…
5 years, 7 months ago
“We are all in this together” - The coronavirus crisis as a collective emotional experience?
Emotions are an increasingly important part of contemporary politics. Strategies based on fear, nostalgia or hope are used by political leaders all o…
5 years, 8 months ago
Covid-19 as the first pandemic of globalisation
Epidemics like the coronavirus outbreak are a mirror for humanity. Mark Leonard talked in our ECFR QUARANTIMES session to Frank Snowden, Professor Em…
5 years, 8 months ago
An energizing side-effect? How covid-19 could revive multilateralism
Recently, we have seen funding cuts to the WHO in the middle of the coronavirus crisis and national governments closing borders instead of calling fo…
5 years, 8 months ago
Stumbling into its moment of truth: the EU’s debate over its economic response to covid-19
“We are at a moment of truth, which is to decide whether the European Union is a political project or just a market project. I think it’s a political…
5 years, 8 months ago
App-solutely necessary? Technology as a way out of the coronavirus crisis
Word on the street suggests that technology will be the way out of the coronavirus crisis and the lockdowns in many European countries. This seems to…
5 years, 9 months ago
As covid-19 arrives, Putin disappears – Russia in the age of corona.
How is Russia dealing with covid-19? What impact does the pandemic have on the other underlying political issues in Russia – such as the change of th…
5 years, 9 months ago