politics
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Europe is often explained through treaties, summits, and policy language—but those tools rarely capture how Europe actually feels. While political theory tries to impose order, novels reveal the continent’s contradictions, moral anxieties, and lived realities. From Dostoevsky to Kundera, European fiction exposes the inner tensions that institutions can manage but never fully explain.
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For years, Germany held Europe together with its steady hand—always cautious, always focused on building consensus, and powered by a strong economy. Now, as war rattles the continent and security feels more urgent than ever, Germany’s reluctance is just as powerful as its old leadership style. In this essay, I’ll look at how Germany’s past,…
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Poland is no longer simply following Europe’s lead. Positioned on the continent’s eastern edge, it has become a central actor in questions of security, memory, and power—shaping Europe’s future rather than merely inheriting it.
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The Towns That Remember: Why Europe’s Future Will Be Written Far From Its Capitals By Jackson Mitchell— Opinion For decades, we were taught that Europe’s identity—its politics, its culture, its intellectual life—flowed downward from its capitals. Paris sets the tone, Berlin charts the course, Brussels writes the rules. If you really want to understand where
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Through specialization, credibility, and agility, small states are gaining outsized influence and reshaping how power works in a complex world.
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