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Rare earth mining will disrupt local climate resilience. Who should pay the price?
German leaders have responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, breaking with the culture of pacifism that emerged after World War II and marking a new wave of militarization.
The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.
The recent electoral success of a party with Nazi origins must be understood as part of the long history of white Swedes’ desire for racial homogeneity.
In the most turbine-surrounded community in the world, poor residents understand that their loss—of land, jobs, and serenity—has nothing to do with the common good. Clean energy advocates should take notice.
Pushing back against the throw-away economy, the EU is designing an industrial policy around garbage.
Center-left parties should learn that small-bore solutions are a waste of time.
The Greens are on track to become Germany’s second strongest party. For many, this is proof that abandoning radicalism was the right choice, but a new novel offers valuable insights into why it should be recovered.
Defying conventional political labels and capitalizing on widespread distrust, a range of new movements share the conviction that all power is conspiracy.
With few restrictions and no tracing of the disease’s spread, the government is relying upon Swedish character and traditions to see it through the pandemic.
30 years after the Wall, the story of Berlin's anarchist utopia.
Yugoslavia produced a thrilling variety of buildings—frequently departing from the prefabricated monotony of the Eastern Bloc.
But it is increasingly difficult to question Israel’s policies without accusations of anti-Semitism.
The focus on Muslim anti-Semitism obscures the real quandary of multiculturalism in Angela Merkel’s Germany.
To understand why Europe seems more balkanized now than ever, we must look to Eastern Europe's failed reconstruction.
Could Germany's left-wing parties unseat Angela Merkel in Sunday's election? Only if they bury the hatchet.
The very forces that sustain populist politics could eventually undermine populism.
Brexit is an episode in the long contest between rulers and the working class.
The vote will have consequences far beyond the UK's borders.
Prominent Hungarian intellectuals have taken surprising anti-immigrant stances.
Spain struggles to honor the legacy of Cervantes.
Weaker European economies chafe against an anti-democratic euro.
Europe must accept that post-nationalism, by nature, is porous at its borders.
The Front National is not in government, but it’s still making gains.
The history of terrorism in France offers lessons in how best to respond to the Paris attacks.
Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the UK Labour Party, is helping to revive the radical left.
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