Martin Mendelski (Max Planck): The EU's Rule of Law Promotion in Post-Soviet Europe: What Explains the Divergence between Baltic States and EaP Countries? Nikos Skoutaris (East Anglia): The Paradox of the Europeanisation of Intrastate Conflicts. From NYRB, is Europe disintegrating? A review essay by Timothy Garton Ash. Lars Vogel (Jena) and Juan Rodriguez-Teruel (Valencia): Staying on Course in Turbulent Times: National Political Elites and the Crisis of European Integration. The failure of the euro: By creating a single currency without the institutions to sustain it, the E.U. wound up with low growth, high unemployment, and popular disaffection. The first chapter from The Euro and the Battle of Ideas by Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James and Jean-Pierre Landau.
Trump’s plans for European missile defense a mystery. Ulrich Kuhn on the sudden German nuke flirtation. Trump has bared his fangs to Merkel — he will do untold damage to Europe. Trump says Europe is in trouble — he has a point. 2017 will test the rise of Europe’s populist far-Right: A guide to what to look for in France, Germany and the Netherlands upcoming elections. The English-speaking, German-loving, French politician Europe has been waiting for: Emmanuel Macron is promising hope and change — for the entire continent. Long live populism: Thomas Piketty on how all is not lost, but it is urgent to act, if we wish to avoid putting the FN (Front National) in a position of power.
Alan Wald reviews Fire and Blood: The European Civil War, 1914-1945 by Enzo Traverso.
