Archive: Opinion

Greece was destined to burn

Opinion

26.07.2023

Did we invite this Promethean punishment?

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Austerity ruined Europe, and now it’s back

Opinion

21.07.2023

Europe is responding to the US investment boom with a return to the austerity policies that caused it to fall behind the US in the first place

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Military alliances like NATO won’t solve our greatest security threat

Opinion

19.07.2023

Things may look rosy for NATO today, but climate breakdown, not wars, are the biggest threat to global security

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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump

Opinion

18.07.2023

Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: Learning from the past to avoid further disaster

Opinion

7.07.2023

As Europe’s largest nuclear power facility is the centre of a pre-emptive blame-game between Ukraine and Russia, learning from the past could ...

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Keti Koti: A celebration of freedom

Opinion

3.07.2023

Mikko Karjalainen provides a rich summary of the history of Keti Koti as well as the larger topic of post-slavery racial discourse in the Netherlands

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Beyond the Mediterranean graveyard: The demise of the anti-capitalist Left

Opinion

29.06.2023

The sinking of a refugee ship near Greece resulted in hundreds of deaths, but it's not only those who are anti-migrants who are culpable

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Ireland’s housing crisis puts the squeeze on PhD researchers

Opinion

27.06.2023

PhD students dedicate their lives to their areas of research but are being tested to their limits by Ireland’s housing crisis

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Does philanthropy belong to democracy or oligarchy?

Opinion

22.06.2023

The recent unveiling of a statue in Rotterdam has divided opinion: on one hand it sends a poignant message while, on the other, its funding has ...

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