Tag: Europe

Julie Michelle Klinger

Does Our Sustainable Future Start in the Mine?

Rare earth mining will disrupt local climate resilience. Who should pay the price?

Stephen Milder

The Alarming Stakes of German Rearmament

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.

Jonathan Levy

Lunchtime in Italy

The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.

Tobias Hübinette

Race and Sweden’s Fascist Turn

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.

Marta Figlerowicz

Imagining Ukraine

Poland and Russia both think of Ukraine as a seat of authentic Slavic culture. A new translation of Józef Czapski’s war memoir highlights how this has often clashed with Ukraine’s independence.

Rajan Menon

NATO and the Road Not Taken

Condemning Putin's war must go hand in hand with imagining a more just security order.

Eugene Rumer, Rajan Menon

Open Access Book: Conflict in Ukraine

Selected by The New York Times as one of the best reads for context on the current conflict, our book on the unwinding of the post–Cold War order is now available for all to read.