Pro-Irishness was part of the Democratic-Party-dominated political culture that MAGA despises and whose day is done. Time for Ireland to opt once and for all for Brussels over Boston, argues the co-editor of the Dublin Review of Books.
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Syria’s reinvigorated civil society must assert itself not just in negotiations with the new HTS government, but also in its dealings with Europe. Neo-colonial assumptions regarding minorities and gender are a source of tension that Europe would do well to reflect on.
The ‘Trump–Putin deal’ again places Ukrainians in a subaltern role. The leaked contract with its fantasy $500 billion ‘payback’ has been compared to Versailles, but the US betrayal recalls nothing so much as Molotov–Ribbentrop.
Ukraine faces its greatest diplomatic challenge yet, as the Trump administration succumbs to disinformation and blames them for the Russian aggression. How can they navigate the storm?
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Provocative far-right calls for Germany to ‘move on’ from historical guilt miss the point: politics of memory and its practices may transition from contrition to responsible forgetting, but there is no end date to remembering that should accommodate diverse members of society.
For those watching closely, Musk’s ‘Roman salute’ at the inauguration parade wasn’t the only portent of America’s imminent descent into tyranny. Art historian Konstantin Akinsha on Trump’s tawdry imperialism.
Does Europe’s vaunted ‘post-heroic mentality’ render it indifferent to the self-sacrifice of Ukrainians in defending their country – and would it prevent Europeans from doing the same in the event of Russian aggression?
“Come Together” is founded on the principles of partnership and peer-to-peer learning among individuals within community media organizations situated in six different countries. Instead of generating entirely new knowledge, the initiative aims to unearth and leverage the existing wisdom residing within these organizations to foster innovative approaches.
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Dangerous dreams
New Humanist 139 (2024)
Problematic tech philosophies: How ‘effective altruism’ and ‘longtermism’ have permeated the highest echelons of academia and government; the ethical concerns surrounding brain-computer interfaces; and enduring obsessions with the blood transfusion.
Nationless identity
Glänta 2/2024
On the past, present and future of Kurdistan: rethinking power structures; statelessness in a world of states; and Kurdistan as a war laboratory.
Hidden groundbreakers
L'Homme 1/2024
Localized political shifts have shaped Ukrainian women’s rights over the centuries: the Russian Empire once afforded property rights for aristocratic women in the south; socially active daughters of Greek-Catholic priests founded Galician societies under Habsburg rule; and forced migrants today forge new academic paths.
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The European Parliament elections on 9 June are a referendum on EU policy since 2019. Will voters give Europe the green light for further progress, or pull the brakes? A new Eurozine series measures the political atmosphere in the EU and its neighbourhoods at this crucial moment.
Food and water systems under pressure: as the end of abundance becomes an everyday experience in Europe, we are thinking more closely about how our food reaches the table.
Post-revolutionary Ukrainian society displays a unique mix of hope, enthusiasm, social creativity, collective trauma of war, radicalism and disillusionment. With the Maidan becoming history, the focal point ‘Ukraine in European Dialogue’ explores the new challenges facing the young democracy, its place in Europe, and the lessons it might offer for the future of the European project.
Some observers, recalling the disasters of the 1920s and 30s, are suggesting that an anti-democratic counterrevolution on a global scale has begun. But is the writing really on the wall? Or does declinism prevent us from recognizing moments of democratic renewal?
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