http://www.european-journal.org The European Journal of International Affairs, founded in 1988, is dedicated to shaping ideas and framing politics in order to give a common perspective and a common voice to Europe in international affairs. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/09/23/at-the-heart-of-europe-germany/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/09/23/at-the-heart-of-europe-germany/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:33:46 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=641 Two articles written with passion for this special section of the EJIA by two specialists (a french like Pierre Behar and a german as Jochen Thies), about the nation that is more and more becoming the pivot of the european continent: “The Discordant Nation” by Pierre Behar, and “On the Road Again, with Merkel”, by [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/09/23/at-the-heart-of-europe-germany/feed/ 13 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/13/the-west-an-unexamined-word-and-the-shadow-of-history/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/13/the-west-an-unexamined-word-and-the-shadow-of-history/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:21:05 +0000 editor http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=469 The unexamined word should not worth using, to adapt Socrates, and indeed in this age of rampant mass media the unexamined word in the geopolitical arena can be dangerously misleading. Words support people’s attitudes and colour their thinking  And sometimes it seems as if their seductive properties  can leave us blind to the actual qualities [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/13/the-west-an-unexamined-word-and-the-shadow-of-history/feed/ 12 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/08/building-with-the-crisis-euro-and-the-legacy-of-helmut-kohl/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/08/building-with-the-crisis-euro-and-the-legacy-of-helmut-kohl/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:12:08 +0000 executive http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=361 Euro and Helmut Kohl’s Legacy A very prestigious British newspaper has recently praised former Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s “capacity to think further ahead than any of his rivals” (Merkel’s nail-biter, in Financial Times, June 28, 2010). Very appropriately in a moment when, faced with the crisis brought on by the near bankruptcy of Greece, many [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/08/08/building-with-the-crisis-euro-and-the-legacy-of-helmut-kohl/feed/ 10 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/have-no-fear-the-lasting-legacy-of-pope-john-paul-ii/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/have-no-fear-the-lasting-legacy-of-pope-john-paul-ii/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:34:25 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=55 The lasting legacy of Pope John Paul II For those accustomed to living in Italy’s capital as in a contemporary modern city, the days that elapsed from Pope John Paul II’s final decline and funeral to the election of his successor on Saint Peter’s throne presented the very unusual experience of living for a week in [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/have-no-fear-the-lasting-legacy-of-pope-john-paul-ii/feed/ 10 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/of-torture-of-punishment-of-death/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/of-torture-of-punishment-of-death/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:29:04 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=53 In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort, and to diffuse their influence universally and equally. But men [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/of-torture-of-punishment-of-death/feed/ 11 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/we-are-all-in-this-together-or-are-we/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/we-are-all-in-this-together-or-are-we/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:23:41 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=50 The new transatlantic row over the rendition of terrorist suspects offers profound cause for public reflection even if, as appears, some European governments would prefer to gloss 2006 over its greyer areas. Immediately before the departure of Condoleeza Rice on her European visit in December the US administration declared the US line would be “we [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/we-are-all-in-this-together-or-are-we/feed/ 9 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-discordant-nation/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-discordant-nation/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:19:17 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=48 The whole historical tragedy of the German nation stems from its being out of step with the other great nations of Western Europe and its temporal dislocation has arisen from basic uncertainty over the space it occupies. Geography first therefore. Germany is that vast stretch of land at the heart of Europe where throughout antiquity [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-discordant-nation/feed/ 13 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/on-the-road-again-with-merkel/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/on-the-road-again-with-merkel/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:14:39 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=43 The result that seemed improbable on the eve of the German elections nevertheless came good in the end. From the 22 November 2005 the government of Germany has been in the hands of Angela Merkel, its first female Chancellor. Hardly any of the professional observers predicted her phenomenal rise from scientist in East Berlin when [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/on-the-road-again-with-merkel/feed/ 11 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/did-the-us-occupy-iraq/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/did-the-us-occupy-iraq/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:01:27 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=35 EJIA – Looking at the international scene from both an American and a European viewpoint, the main reason of unease is clearly Iraq, and the main cause of preoccupation is obviously Iran. Today, the dissent of Europe on first of these two crises is no longer stressed, and barely mentioned in diplomatic circles, but the [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/did-the-us-occupy-iraq/feed/ 10 http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-revenge-of-passions-2/ http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-revenge-of-passions-2/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 05:39:18 +0000 admin http://www.european-journal.org/journal/?p=32 In his criticism of Henry Kissinger’s geopolitical concepts as too narrow and traditional, Stanley Hoffmann wrote: “The map of passions must be added to those showing bases and resources”. I certainly make no claim here to elaborate these “geopolitics of passion” for which, like Hoffman I think the need is urgentely felt. But I would like [...]]]> http://www.european-journal.org/2010/05/14/the-revenge-of-passions-2/feed/ 10