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March 2011
Angela Merkel and the Unfulfilled Promise of Chancellor Democracy
by Ludger Helms
“Merkel appeared much more comfortable when leading a grand coalition than she does leading her ‘dream coalition’ today.”
March 2011
Poland’s Progress: Where Warsaw Fits in Europe
by Janusz Bugajski
“Warsaw’s aspirations to become a major EU player and to develop closer ties with Moscow could create the appearance of detachment from and even arrogance toward smaller neighbors.”
March 2011
The Famous Dutch (In)Tolerance
by Jan Erk
“Variations of Geert Wilders’s xenophobic message are shared by the majority of the political parties represented in the Dutch parliament.”
March 2011
Aging Europe’s Demographic Destiny: Framing the Challenges Ahead
by Sarah Harper
“It appears likely that the twentieth-century approach of many aging European societies—relying on migrant workers from a younger, poorer South to prop up their economies—will no longer be a viable option in the coming decades. . . .”
March 2011
Perspective: A Tale of Two Polities
by Uri Dadush
Why have the fiscal paths of the United Kingdom (radical budget cuts) and the United States (extended tax cuts) diverged so dramatically?
March 2011
Books: The Revolution Must Be Televised
by William W. Finan Jr.
A collection of essays by Timothy Garton Ash argues that Europe’s velvet revolutions succeeded by broadcasting images of popular defiance: images now recurring elsewhere in the world.
March 2011
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in January 2011, country by country, day by day.
March 2011
Map of Europe
by the editors of Current History
Map of Europe
March 2010
Europe, the Second Superpower
by Andrew Moravcsik
“There are, and will remain for the foreseeable future, two global superpowers: the United States and Europe. Only these two actors are consistently able to project a full spectrum of ‘smart power’ internationally.”
March 2010
Turning Point for the European Social Model?
by Stein Kuhnle
“The form of the welfare state may change, but . . . European nation-states will continue to view public responsibility for citizen welfare as an important role.”
March 2010
East Europe Rides Out the Economic Storm
by Janusz Bugajski
“Predictions of massive social unrest, political breakdown, or reformist reversals have, to date anyway, proved misplaced.”
March 2010
Eastern Germany in Search of Itself
by E. Wayne Merry
“The roots of the east’s continuing alienation lie in the enforced, prolonged isolation that its society endured during most of the cold war.”
March 2010
Waiting for Miracles on Cyprus
by Hugh Pope
“A clear-eyed look . . . suggests that this really is the last chance for a reunification on federal lines, and the lack of a settlement now will have consequences.”
March 2010
Perspective: What Happened to Britain’s Labor Party?
by Martin Smith
So what if Britain’s Labor Party oversaw 13 years of unprecedented economic growth as well as improvements to schools and health care? It’s the last year that matters.
March 2010
Books: The Making of a (Partly) New Order
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book recounts how the West won the cold war but lost an opportunity to develop a new strategic architecture for Europe.
March 2010
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in January 2010, country by country, day by day.
March 2010
Map of Europe
by the editors of Current History
Map of Europe
November 2009
How To Govern a Multipolar World
by David P. Calleo
“Can Europe’s postwar experience with multinational institutions help bring order to the increasingly plural world system that is unfolding in the twenty-first century?”
April 2009
Perspective: The Menace in Europe's Midst
by Robert S. Leiken
As the children of Europe’s Muslim migrants encounter downward mobility, intelligence officials warn that the chief terrorist threat to America today resides in . . . Britain.
March 2009
No Time for a Time-out in Europe
by Simon Serfaty
“Twenty years after the end of the cold war, expectations run high on both sides of the Atlantic for another renewal of the Atlantic alliance and a relaunching of European integration.”