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...
Category: Europe
Our Europe desk covers the European continent and the North Atlantic.
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...
The Kremlin’s hybrid warfare in Georgia and Moldova
Written by: Andrey Grashkin, Boston University It is not surprising that the military works of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, who famously wrote that “...
Zwarte Piet: Confronting History and Racism in Memories of a Dutch Childhood
European Desk Nathalie Bussemaker, Morse College ’21 A few weeks ago, the arrival of a brightly colored train in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn heralded in the sta...
From Russia With Love: Mercenaries, Trolls, Oligarchs, and the Story of Yevgeniy Prigozhin
Two months ago, on the night of February 7th 2018, T-72 tanks, BRDM armored personnel carriers, and trucks carrying 122mm howitzer artillery and BM-21 rocket la...