Review of 2018, Part 3 (July–September): The Trade War plus Cold War II
JULY June was a month so heavily saturated with key turning point events, that it seemed like the longest month of the year—but then July came. Already, on…
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Review of 2018, Part 2 (April–June): Dealing in Danger and Diplomacy
APRIL The Trade War Begins? April continued many of the same themes from March, beginning with the apparent start of a trade war between China and the US…
The Helsinki Summit: Trying to Turn the Page on the New Cold War
Finally, on Monday, July 16, 2018, the Helsinki Summit bringing together Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place, despite shrill demands that it be…
The Trade War is Here: Some of the New “Facts of Life”
In Madeleine Albright’s new book, dramatically titled Fascism: A Warning, she slams the anti-globalization crowd, claiming yet again that globalization is here to stay—it’s a “fact of life…
Rückübernahme gegen Geld? Entwicklungsgelder als Druckmittel
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit dient der Überwindung von Armut und der nachhaltigen Verbesserung von bislang unzureichenden Lebensbedingungen. Wenn sie zur Verhandlungsmasse wird, um Partnerländer willfäh…
Route geschlossen?Zu den Auswirkungen der EU-Türkei-Erklärung auf die Fluchtbewegungen nach Europa
Die Zahl der Flüchtlinge und Migranten, die über das östliche Mittelmeer nach Europa gelangt ist, ist 2015 stark angestiegen und anschließend genauso rapide wieder gesunken. Vertreter von Politik…
Asylsuchende aus Afghanistan und die Defizite des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems
Zwischen 2014 und 2016 beantragten fast 400.000 afghanische Staatsangehörige Asyl in der Europäischen Union (EU). Afghanistan war damit nach Syrien das zweitwichtigste Herkunftsland Asylsuchender in d…
Afghan asylum seekers and the deficits of the Common European Asylum System
Between 2014 and 2016, nearly 400,000 Afghan nationals applied for asylum in the European Union (EU), which made Afghanistan the second most important country of origin among asylum…
The Speaking Fence
The technological sophistication on the fence includes different structures, automatic lights, speakers and cameras. From the official Facebook page of the Hungarian government. Retrieved from ht…
What Happened to the American Empire?
Has anything out of the ordinary happened to the US as an imperialist power since the ascent of Trump to office? While the continuities between Trump and his…
Von ‚Erstaufnahmelagern‘ zu ‚Abschiebezentren‘ – Oberstes Verwaltungsgericht Griechenlands sieht Türkei als sicheren Drittstaat an
Von Clara Bünger und Robert Nestler Das Oberste Verwaltungsgericht Griechenlands hat am 22. September 2017 in zwei Verfahren von syrischen Schutzsuchenden, die über die Türkei auf den ostägäisc…
Spielende für die TaschenspielerDeutschland muss seinen kreativen Umgang mit den Dublin-Fristen beenden
Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat am 26. Juli 2017 mit der Entscheidung Mengesteab die Fristenregelungen der Dublin-Verordnung für justiziabel erklärt und gleichzeitig entschieden, dass die Unter…
Cris Shore: What is a European?: Solidarity, symbols, and the politics of exclusion
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). Earlier this…
Michal Buchowski: Our coveted Europe
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). Today’s…
Don Kalb: The EU at 60: the Treaty of Rome is a smoke screen
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). The…
Chris Hann: Beleaguered pseudocontinent: Happy birthday, Europe!
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). Sixty…
Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Norway and the transformation of the EU
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). In…
Bruce Kapferer: Brexit and Remain: A pox on all their houses
A crisis is always good for humor. The English satirical magazine Private Eye caught the spirit of uncertainty and the possible tragedy of Brexit—that many of those who…
Independence for Scotland?
The UK Brexit vote has reawakened calls for independence in Scotland. Cynthia Mahmood and Emma Simmons share their notes from the field. The Saltire or cross of St.…
Introducing Europe at a Crossroads: An Investigation of European Politics of Austerity and Inhospitality
The idea of the European Union as a partnership for peace, an experiment in post-national democracy, and an abode for human rights, has been subjected to a sobering…
Refugees Without Agency
In late May 2016 riot police buses were rolled onto the Greek highways from Athens to the village of Idomeni, where is located the spontaneous self-organized refugee camp…
Anthropology, #Brexit and Xenophobia in Europe
The decision of people in Britain to leave the European Union has come as a surprise, even a shock to most of my friends and colleagues who work…
Clashing scales of #Brexit
Mainstream newspapers, politicians and commentators across Europe instantly expressed dejection and bitterness in the face of the Brexit outcome, and avid Brexiteers have typically been portrayed as x…
The politics of decency #Brexit
I have lots of things to say about Brexit. As a Romanian, holding a French passport, resident of the UK for the past 18 years, whose wife and…