Joel Schalit / 21 Jul 2021
Hungary and the Jews
The Orbán-Pegasus Problem
“We work closely with Israeli media. If there’s anything you need from Hungary, don’t be afraid to ask,” the young woman informed me.(...)
Austria
John Foster / 25 Jun 2021
Just Call it Capitalism
Europe’s Neoliberal Crisis
The development of the European Union in the last decade has been shaped by a malign synergy of neoliberalism and populism.(...)
Fausia A. / 13 Apr 2021
Mistreating Minority Women
Austrian Healthcare Apartheid
Abortion is legal in Austria within the first three months of pregnancy, after consultation with a doctor. And every year, around 30,000 abortions are performed in the country. Women of colour make up for more than a third of those who undergo an abortion, and nearly half of them are foreign-born. Why is this?(...)
Joe Keady / 29 Jun 2020
The White Nationalist Experience
Profiling the Ideologues
Despite the contemporary far-right’s propensity for hard-line nationalism, it's a global phenomenon. (...)
Maxim Edwards / 04 Nov 2019
The Nord Stream 2 Tug of War
Caught Between Two Gas Giants
Nord Stream 2 is going ahead. Last Wednesday, after two and a half years of delay, Denmark’s government gave permission for a section of the natural gas pipeline to pass through its exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. (...)
Joel Schalit / 01 Feb 2019
A Day to Remember
Travelling Through History
The passengers were black. The conductor was black. Everyone was speaking fluent English. Accented, that is. They must be from Liberia or Ghana, I reckoned.(...)