Can Europe prove that it’s capable of finding energy in its contradictions and differences and reinvent itself as a place the whole world respects?
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According to German public intellectual Claus Offe, Europe faces multiple crises but is not down and out yet.
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Euratom is responsible for nuclear non-proliferation, safety, and research.
Troubled waters ahead.
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Much of the debate around trade deals misses some of the fundamentals of what they actually are and involve.
Donald Trump meets with professors and students at the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Scientists must bear some responsibility for the post-truth era and the current crisis in democracy.
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It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
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The Conservatives may be willing to sacrifice what’s left of the UK’s beleaguered social model to maintain the City’s global status.
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland not being listened to.
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Holyrood won’t get a veto, but the Supreme Court has done the union no favours.
Can you put a better filter on it?
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A certain mentality has been on display in Western democracies of late – and we don’t really understand it.
Dundee’s Burns memorial.
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Scotland’s national poet was seen as having the potential to stir up revolutionary sentiment in the 19th century.
Gina Miller, who brought the case against the government.
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It’s not the end of Brexit but parliament could give the government a rough ride.
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The foundations are shaky after the previous regime, but there are reasons to be optimistic about Theresa May’s initiative.
The University of Cambridge is expecting a fall in applications from EU students.
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There is no guarantee that the UK can or will continue to be part of the €80 billion EU research funding programme Horizon2020.
Demonetisation is just the latest example of post-truth politics at work.
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Only by privileging an English-speaking, Western position can we say that ‘post-truth’ emerged in 2016.
Protesters in New York ahead of inauguration.
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The people who voted for the new American president may not be as hard for the Left to reach as it may appear.
Gina Miller, whose challenge against the government has gone to the Supreme Court.
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Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
Softer than she seems.
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The UK government’s inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
We could soon head into another volatile period.
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Brexit and Trump pave the way for more financial market uncertainty.
After Brexit, Britain will be on the outside of the European Court of Justice.
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After Brexit, Theresa May says the UK will ‘take back control of our laws’.
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A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
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British business will be hoping that, by shrouding herself in the Union Jack, Theresa May has not overplayed her hand.