By Beatrice Guzzardi, Skye Redman, Valentina Cipriani, and Alessia Manzoni On March 4, Italy held parliamentary elections. In an unexpected turn of events the two main parties that ruled Italy for decades have collapsed, leaving space for the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and the nationalist and xenophobic League— formerly known as the Northern League.… Read More Chaos In Italy’s Elections
By all accounts 2017 has been a year to remember — or forget, depending on your levels of optimism.… Read More Geopolitical Events: 2017 in Review
If you had fallen asleep in 1975 and woke up today, you’d probably think the US and the USSR were still deadlocked in a Cold War. Why? Well, there’s a lot of noise these days regarding Russian activities that threaten NATO and American interests. Here’s a short list: Russia hosts the Zapad war games, Russia left troops in Belarussia… Read More Not Your Daddy’s Cold War
This interview originally appeared in the summer 2016 issue of reflektor: magazine for mobility, transportation politics, and bicycle culture, a bike club magazine from Dresden, Germany. For a part of his journey out of Syria, Haydar Ali, a refugee now living in Germany, rode a bike. The last time he rode a bike at home… Read More Biking as a Refugee
Overnight, the results of the referendum in the United Kingdom were announced – Brexit. In what will easily stand as the defining moment for the UK in post-WWII European relations, a final tally of 51.9% (roughly 17.4 million people) of votes were cast for exiting the European Union. People 65 and older overwhelmingly voted to leave the… Read More Brexiting the Scene
Author: Berthold Seewald Translator: Douglas McKnight The mass immigration of Germans to the USA in the 18th century provoked a fear of being overrun by foreigners. America’s government was in danger. An American with German roots points the way towards successful integration. On June 11th, 1776, five men from of the Continental Congress of the… Read More When the Germans Were the Ones Who Didn’t Want to Integrate – A Translation
Those that write about Europe have convinced us that its borders are open to the world. Phrases like “borderless Europe,” “free movement of people,” and “visa-free travel” dominate our perceptions of borders in contemporary Europe. Where else, they tell us, can a person born in Madrid, study in Paris, intern in Berlin, and work in… Read More Europe’s Borderless Dilemma
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