Bracing for a populist surge
In all three Baltic states, the ubiquitous gloom stemming from Russia’s ongoing threat has firmed up the view of the
The end of shame? | Eurozine
Shame has long been used to punish, silence, and maintain the status quo. But now, seven years #MeToo, it is
Flashpoint South Caucasus | Eurozine
In New Eastern Europe, Jennifer S. Wistrand reflects on the human consequences of three decades of turbulence in the South
No longer a footnote | Eurozine
In the early days of March 2022, as Russian troops were approaching the outskirts of Kyiv, international media were focused
What happened to solidarity? | Eurozine
The Swedish welfare system has become unrecognizable, writes Niklas Altermark in Fronesis. Once based on solidarity between the working and
Tearing down Fortress Europe | Eurozine
Migration is one of today’s most powerful, and most entrenched, imaginaries. The word conjures up images of walls, borders, police,
Forerunners of the free market
In economic terms, state socialism is usually associated with the monopoly of an authoritarian state over core elements of the
Too busy surviving | Eurozine
At one point in his 1984 essay ‘Permission to narrate’, Edward Said described urging family and friends in Beirut to
Lost in machine translation | Eurozine
Despite popular belief, the majority of Europeans do not have access to learning foreign languages, and being bi- or multilingual
‘From the river to the sea’: One slogan, many meanings
Recently, the opinion has taken root in Israel, and among many Jews and non-Jews internationally, that the slogan ‘From the