Habermas’s Gaza Misjudgment Does Not Doom His Legacy
His reflexive defence of Israel contradicts the universal principles his life’s work was built to uphold.
Jürgen Habermas Shaped the Postwar Order — His Death Must Not Mark Its End
The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended.
What’s at stake in Slovenia’s election?
Slovenia rarely makes headlines in Europe—but its election will say a lot about the future of the EU.
Brexit and the misunderstanding of sovereignty
While the negotiators haggle over a deal to avoid a new-year car crash, the fundamental problem is the obsolete notion of sovereignty held in London.
The EU is muddling through another crisis—which may be good enough
The divisions exposed by the coronavirus have reopened fundamental questions about the ultimate aims of the EU. But now is not the time to answer them.
Between 1945 and 1989: the rise of ‘illiberal democracy’ in post-Communist Europe
The strength of ‘illiberal democracy’ three decades after the fall of the Berlin wall can only be understood by reference to the prior cold-war trajectories of east and west.
Memory, myth and ‘post-truth’
In the era of ‘post-truth’, history isn’t what it used to be—which makes solving the problems of the present so much more difficult.
The loss of European memory
A commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law was Europe’s answer to fascism. The loss of this European memory presents real dangers amid a resurgent populism.
Migration and forgetting in central Europe
The global financial crisis has had a profound effect on European politics. As often happens in such hard times, these events have resulted in an