Europe
Still Tilting at Windmills
On the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’s death, Spain struggles to honor its literary heritage
How Refugees Can Save Europe
Europe must accept that post-nationalism, by nature, is porous at its borders.
The Failure of Refugee Camps
Refugee camps, intended to be temporary, host people for an average of 12 years.
The Rise of the Populist Right in Norway
Across Europe, the hold of traditional centrist parties—whether social democratic, liberal, or conservative—seems to be slipping away.
France after Charlie Hebdo
France’s own political traditions can accommodate visible Islam and heal social divisions.
An Afterthought on Indyref
Overnight, the hopeful, broad-based, grassroots independence movement gave rise to the righteous wronged.
A Better Nation
Scotland’s independence referendum is a contest between the head and the heart, between love and money.
Can Vladimir Putin Upend Democracy in Europe?
In the face of Putin’s rejection of democracy, Europe’s democrats must underscore the importance of the EU’s norms: social justice, sustainability, diplomacy, diversity, and freedom of movement.
Political Hatred in Argentina
Guardian journalist Uki Goñi discusses his career reporting from Buenos Aires.
BBP13
Ahren Warner strikes a seductive compact between the older and younger camps of British poetry.
Can Greece’s SYRIZA Change Europe’s Economy?
The biggest threat to Greece’s left-wing coalition is itself.
Round and Round
A wheeling book of aspirations and frustrations, London: A History in Verse offers us a literary treasury: a record of the city, a roll of its events.
Empire’s Wasteland
The cause of Camus’s native countrymen moved him, yet he yearned helplessly toward the European culture that had formed him.
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