Gesine Schwan, author at Social Europe

Asylum and migration: a positive alternative policy

Gesine Schwan and Robin Wilson

It’s time for a Gestalt shift from curbing ‘irregular’ migration to pursuing integration for mutual benefit.

A fair, humane and realistic asylum policy

Gesine Schwan

A workable asylum policy in line with European values could be pursued by a Schengen-style coalition of the willing.

Greece And Germany: What Are The Real Political Issues?

Gesine Schwan

At the World Bank spring meeting in Washington federal finance minister Schäuble let it be known – almost in passing – that the Greek government

How Pegida Uses Social Insecurity

Gesine Schwan

The Pegida demonstrations in Dresden have attracted a lot of international media attention and raised considerable concerns about social peace inside Germany. Many people simply cannot

Wolfgang Schäuble Should Put Himself In Greece’s Shoes

Gesine Schwan

In his Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant names three maxims for republican thinking to follow collectively: a) thinking for oneself; b) thinking in the manner

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