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European Disunion: The Rise and Fall of a Post-War Dream?
… to the Black Sea coastline of Bulgaria, since World War II Europe has embraced an unprecedented spirit of voluntary unification. The European Union (EU) has been a grand experiment in breaking … and economic reforms. The EU offered these states a roadmap to membership, based on requirements stipulated in the …
Refugees or Immigrants? The Migration Crisis in Europe in Historical Perspective
… politicians, journalists, and ordinary people across Europe have passionately debated what is variably called the refugee or migrant crisis in Europe . Some have used expressions such as “flood,” … deport all asylum seekers from those countries. Map of the 1995 Schengen Area (blue); Countries with open …
From Commonplace to Controversial: The Different Histories of Abortion in Europe and the United States
… As members of national health insurance plans, most Western European women enjoy access to elective abortion … debates, and laws initially developed quite similarly in Europe and the U.S., but at the turn of the twentieth … century, cultural attitudes began to diverge. While Europeans continued to believe that abortion was a desperate …
Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics
… city blended seamlessly with the starlit sky over Central Europe. From the fabled Charles Bridge, huddled among the … lights. Perched upon a pedestal draped in the blue and gold European Union (EU) flag, the undulating pendulum reminded … also appealed to Western statesmen more concerned with mapmaking than understanding the realities on the ground in …
The EU: Past, Present, and Future
… Henry , and Chris Otter to discuss the history of the European Union, an organization that has united Europeans in ways that were almost unthinkable a century … Today we address the past, present and future of the European Union, that unique institution that has brought …
The Hajj and Europe
… And, to a degree that many would find surprising, European nations are deeply connected to this annual Muslim … two centuries. At a time when mass Muslim migration to Europe is fueling divisive politics and reviving old fears … “Western” ways of life, it is important to remember Europe’s earlier interest and involvement in the hajj and …
The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC
Review of The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC, by David W. Anthony and Jennifer Y. Chi (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. pp. 254)
… The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500BC is the second … for the first time. ( http://isaw.nyu.edu//exhibitions/oldeurope/introduction.html ). It is a collaborative project … reconstructions of houses, as well as helpful charts and maps. The volume begins with David Anthony's overview of the …
Road to Europe: The 2015 Migration Crisis
… dramatic scenes of desperate people trying to reach Europe by embarking on flimsy boats in Turkey and Greece, … Iraq, and Lebanon. This is hardly the first time that Europe or the Middle East has experienced mass migration. … they discuss today’s refugee and migrant crisis in not only Europe but in the Middle East, too—all within the much …
A Who’s Who of Jihadi Terrorism in Europe
Review of Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History, by Petter Nesser (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015)
… Petter Nesser’s book, Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History , ends on a very ominous note. Whilst … observation is one of many found in Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History , as Nesser has charted the history of jihadist terrorist cells in Europe from the hijacking of Air France flight 8969 in 1994 …
How the Mighty European Military State has Fallen
Review of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone: The Transformation of Modern Europe, by Jeff Sheehan (Illustrated. 284 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company)
… and his two-hundred-page tour of twentieth-century European history that question is how did it come to pass that Europeans would differ so strongly from Americans in regards … Israel into the sea" or Ahmadinejad's "wipe Israel off the map" are not the blustering of politicians but literal plans …
All Aboard!: A Train Ride through the British Twentieth Century in 100 Maps
Review of A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps, by Tim Bryars and Tom Harper (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014)
… and Tom Harper’s A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps . This visually-stunning book is an excellent aid to the whirlwind ride you are about to take. Most of these maps have never been reprinted since their first … University of Chicago Press, 2014) … Keshia Lai … Reviews … Europe … Global/Transnational … …
Europe Already Has a Working Constitution
… French and Dutch voters have solidly rejected the European constitution, also known as the 2004 Treaty of Rome. As a result, a wave of anxiety has swept European governments and media. What’s all the fuss about? Europe has had a constitution since 1951, and the 2004 …
Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom
… establishment—and the entire world—by voting to leave the European Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the … of Brexit. How has the relationship between Britain and the European continent changed? What were the political and … situation. For more on the United Kingdom and the European Union, check out European Disunion: The Rise and …
World War II in Eastern Europe: Many Lands, Many Memories
… 2022, the countries formerly designated as the “ East European communist bloc ” displayed a remarkable solidarity … Ukraine from neo-Nazis, government officials in many East European countries see the analogy in exactly the opposite … them, Putin’s actions recall the German invasion of Eastern Europe before and after the Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939 . …
Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe
Review of Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe , by Margaret Jacobs (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006)
… a popular spot for tourists to stop on their way through Europe, which Jacob indicates may have contributed to the … development of capitalism and credit networks throughout Europe is a fruitful location for uncovering the emergence … without much reference to the previous studies that have mapped out the connection between religion, business, and …
How Europe Might Learn from American Constitution-Making
1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe
… scenes. Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Europe congregated in streets and squares and demanded the … end of the year, what seemed immutable throughout eastern Europe had collapsed. Holding its breath, the world watched … , or the year of miracles, which put an end to communism in Europe. Throughout 2009, countries from the former Soviet …
A European Future for NATO?
… on French territory. De Gaulle was dismayed that the major European powers continued to rely on America to decide how Europe should defend itself. Johnson reacted calmly to de … to move France closer to the United States but also to push Europe to think harder about what it wants from NATO. …
The End of the World as We Know It?
Review of The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe, by David Marquand (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011)
… resonated deeply with those on the far right politically in Europe (especially Germany) in the 1920s and 1930s. But the … in which the West is swept away by India and China. Rather Europeans according to Marquand need to embrace the fact … Only by accepting the "end of the West" can a united Europe emerge and take its place alongside the United …
Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future
… an avalanche of intense political reactions about "Europe's newest state". In Prishtina, the capital of the … enable the new post-Yugoslav states to enter a promising European future unburdened from their "tragic Balkan past." … centuries radically redrew this political and social map. Whereas the Ottoman state sustained sharp …
NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe: For What and For Whom?
… As NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe goes on, sometimes taking on the aura of melodrama, … to contain/encircle Soviet and Communist power in Eastern Europe, prevent powerful Communist parties in France and … established, and England backed, with anti-Communist East European states to “quarantine” the Soviet revolution, a …
NATO's New Order: The Alliance After the Cold War
… to expand its military presence in central and Eastern Europe . The United States military begins preparing for war … right ), described the proposed expansion of NATO forces in Europe as “multinational, to make clear that an attack … Furthermore, NATO created the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in 1999, a program designed to aid prospective states …
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
… or black soils; lower costs of production than its European and North American competitors; and access to deep … 40%. Ukraine re-established itself as the “breadbasket” of Europe. In the language of economist David Ricardo, Ukraine … … Connecting History … Ukraine … Food & Agriculture … Europe … Russia … Former Soviet Union … Ukraine: The …
Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe
In August 1942, the most famous battle of the Second World War began.
… II / WWII … Soviet Union … Military/War/Peace … Germany … Europe … Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe …
