The week democracy died
Dark days this summer showed how government by the people—beset by illiberal populists on one side and undemocratic elites on the other—is poised for extinction. (AP Photo: Frank Augstein)
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The Roots of Brexit
In their quest for the Conservative leadership, two rival Eton schoolboys have managed to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union—the first by calling for a referendum in 2013 in order to consolidate his hold over the leadership, and the second by joining the leadership of the Vote Leave campaign in order to hasten his rival’s downfall.
Jocelyne Cesari in The Guardian
"A Marshall plan for the Middle East?" The US once reached out to change Germany's status from enemy to ally. A similar strategy is now worth considering.
The European Connection: A Harvard Undergraduate's Perspective
The European Connection: A Harvard Undergraduate's Perspective
Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Tobias Schumacher, CES Short-Term Fellow, outlines why the ‘black garden’ will not blossom any time soon
Germany’s Costly Fiscal Fetish
The European Central Bank is under heavy attack in Germany, a country that has long prided itself on defending the principle of central-bank independence.
Can Matteo Renzi Save Europe from Austerity?
The last best hope of Europe’s anti-austerity forces faces an uncertain future.
Terror threat on mind of Italian PM
European response should blend force and politics, Renzi says during Harvard talk
Weimar America?
Listen to Professor Alison Frank Johnson who comments on Weimar Germany and how the German government rose as a fresh democracy in 1919 but failed to resist the rise of radical new politics, and specifically of Adolf Hitler, by 1933.
Amidst Terrorism, Italian Leader Calls for Investing in Education
Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi called for greater investments in culture and education, in addition to national security, to stabilize current political and economic unrest in Europe at the Harvard Art Museums on Thursday.
