The Role of State Identity in Pandemic Response: The Case of Belarus and Georgia
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the newly independent republics of Belarus and Georgia began the task of building their nation-states. The politic...
Category: Europe
To European students in the US,
I know we often feel morally superior to our US counterparts. Trump? Guns? Lack of public transportation? Private prisons? Death sentences? Europe could never! ...
Brother-and-Sister Brotherhood: Sexual Harassment and Gender-Mixed Barracks in the Norwegian Armed Forces
The sun never rose the first day Kari began her service in the Norwegian Armed Forces.[1] Daylight didn’t appear at Setermoen Camp, a northern army base situate...
Revisionist Memory: How the far-right Alternative for Germany is seeking to reshape the nation’s collective memory to promote a Eurosceptic, German-centric foreign policy agenda
Throughout the history of modern Germany, an unwavering government commitment to the remembrance of the National Socialists’ atrocities has permeated an ingrain...
Franco-Era Spain and its Usage of Soft Power
There is no doubt that juxtaposing themes such as cruelty and mercy, fear and love present throughout life and media contributed to the two-dimensional divide b...
The Dutch Far Right is Booming. Here is Why and How it Should be Stopped.
In a country known around the world for its liberal reputation, the Dutch Far Right is booming. “Forum for Democracy” is an explicitly white nationalist party l...
Securitized in Solidarity: How Germany Exploited the Arab Spring To Normalize Schengen Border Externalization
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Allison Meakem, Brown University Introduction During the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel recei...
Integration in Latvia: Exploring a Thematically-Interconnected Discourse in an Ethnically-Divided Society
By: Colin Bushweller; University of Vermont 1. Introduction “Our Latvia is not yet ready. We are still building it and on the way. Latvia should never be ready....
Why Attacking Farmers Won’t Solve the EU’s Environmental Crisis
By: Nathalie Bussemaker, Morse’21 With Greta Thunberg at the helm, millions of Europeans have rallied to the banner of climate activism. According to a 20...
Relations with Russia Reveal Intrinsic Flaws in EU Foreign Policy Structure
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Dalya Soffer, Boston University Following Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, the EU presented an unexpectedly strong and unifi...