“We Should Never Give Up Hope”
For two years now, the refugee crisis has dominated the news. The European
Union and UN agencies responsible for humanitarian aid have been...
Right-wing Extremism on the Move
By: Niklas Danninger (Managing Editor)
Originally founded in 2003 by French radicals as “Le bloc identitaire,” they have since spread to other European countries where...
The Women of Ukraine: Between Agency and Victimhood
Mainstream, or better said “male-stream,” interpretations of war are gender blind and peripheralize women’s experiences during armed conflict. Structured by masculine assumptions, they obscure...
In uncertain terms: How current narratives influence refugee integration
Strewn across the front page of newspapers and littered on News Feeds, Austria’s recent ban of the full-face veil in public places has been...
Headline “BELARUS” – Story “LOCATION-DEPENDENT”
In the midst of mass demonstrations raging across Belarus, the heads of state and government of the European Union took a united stance on...
The Macedonian Naming Dispute
By: Niklas Danninger (Managing Editor)
On October 21, the Macedonian parliament agreed to change the country’s name to Northern Macedonia, thereby ending Greece’s 27-year-blockade of...
Nordstream 2: From Commercial Project to Russia’s Geopolitical Gamble
“These days, energy policy is always geopolitical,” asserted German Vice-Chancellor and Economic Affairs and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck of the Green Party. He...
Victor Orbán’s political agenda?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been the subject of extensive media coverage lately. What is occasionally labelled as anti-EU rhetoric on the subject...
The Future of the ECB: From “Super Mario” to “Superwoman”
Christine Lagarde, new President of the European Central Bank, has inherited low interest rates, sluggish growth and a divided Council.
As of November 1, 2019,...
Folly of a Nation: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
With the world’s preoccupation with COVID-19 and the subsequent economic and social crises, few people could have been prepared for one of the bloodiest...
