Interns in Brussels seem to be hopping from one internship to another and might not only be in Brussels but between international cities. Well, there is some good news, you might just pick up the skills and culture to make …
The impact of the mass media on the quality of democracy within a state
Lisa Müller is the author of Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies (Palgrave, 2014). She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Zurich in 2012. Her research interests include democracy theory and measurement, comparative media research and …
The European Commission’s stronger role in economic governance
Michael W. Bauer is Jean Monnet Professor and holds the Chair of Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Stefan Becker is a Researcher at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Several …
The Wrath of Draghi: Bailed-Out German Megabank Imposes “Negative Interest Rates”
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Commerzbank, Germany’s second-largest bank, a toppling marvel of ingenuity during the Financial Crisis that was bailed out by ever dutiful if unenthusiastic taxpayers, will now reward these very folks with what Germans have come to look …
THE RESTITUTION STRUGGLE: MALAISE, INDIFFERENCE, AND FRUSTRATION
William D. Cohan, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and at ARTnews, is the author of the forthcoming The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, Wall Street, and the Power of the Elite. Decades after the effort began, …
The only way to protect citizens from their governments is to divide sovereign authority between the national and international levels
Carmen Pavel (PhD, Brown University) is the author of Divided Sovereignty: International Institutions and the Limits of State Authority (Oxford University Press, 2014). She is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, …
Europe is witnessing the establishment of a new regional order
Igor Calzada is Lecturer & Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (UK) and Ikerbasque (Basque Science Foundation, Spain). He is an expert in research and policy-making projects on city-regional policies, social innovation, territorial development and strategies and governance. …
European Parliament staff: who are they and do their backgrounds influence decision-making?
Morten Egeberg is a Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the Department of Political Science and ARENA – Centre for European Studies, at the University of Oslo. Åse Gornitzka is a Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the …
When the Bubble Bursts
Susannah Savage, Columnist @Swizz677 ‘How much’ I gasp loudly looking at the horrendously unreasonable amount TfL is asking me for a weekly London travel pass, mentally revolting and taking a vow of nil by public transport. Dramatically I mouth expletives and …
Welcome to the Bubble, Mrs. Mogherini
Jan Techau, DIRECTOR, CARNEGIE EUROPE The hearing for Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief designate, in the European Parliament on October 6 was a deeply ambiguous event for all foreign policy observers. Not that ambiguity is a scarce commodity in Brussels; foreign policy …