Books & arts
Eurovision’s war on gravity
Jane Goodall
25 May 2015
Television | Even without Edna Everage, the sixtieth Eurovision entered hyperspace once and for all, writes Jane Goodall
International
Boat people and gunships in the Mediterranean
Klaus Neumann
12 May 2015
The challenge is to convince European governments and civil society that there is no easy solution to irregular migration, writes Klaus Neumann. In the meantime,…
Essays & reportage
Debts and other legacies
Klaus Neumann
20 April 2015
Greece wants war reparations and loan repayments from Germany, writes Klaus Neumann. The idea isn’t as far-fetched as it might sound
International
Peace in our time
John Besemeres
23 March 2015
Superficially, the Minsk Two agreement promises much. But, asks John Besemeres, can its European signatories counter Vladimir Putin’s long-run campaign to…
Correspondents
Retreat, Britannia?
David Hayes
5 March 2015
No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London, David Hayes tests the alarm