... these problems were entangled to such an extent that they appeared to undermine the structure on which NATO rested. The key questions were “whether the Americans would remain in Europe, whether the Soviets would keep out, whether the (West) Germans would remain down, and whether their publics and parliaments...

...Raffaello Pantucci The threat of mass-casualty terrorist attacks in Europe directed by international organizations may have subsided, but the threat is in many respects now more menacing that ever. Lone-actor attacks motivated by a confused mixture of ideologies, often combined with mental health...

... controlled. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 housing inequality social policy protests COVID-19 pandemic Europe Inequality is fueling the explosive nature of the debate. Since Europe now provides less social (public) housing for the poor than it had historically...

...Holly Case Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rails against migration from countries outside of Europe, yet he has been eager to grant citizenship to Hungarian-speakers from countries in the near abroad. Like other populist conservative leaders in the region, he promotes a fortress mentality...

...Marc David Baer A new book traces the history of the diverse Muslim population of the Balkans. Carving out legal space for itself as a religious minority in Europe, this community rode the winds of change from the age of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires through the Yugoslav era. Greble repeatedly...

...Holly Case Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was an Enlightenment philosophe as well as an absolute monarch. His writings, available in a new translation, reveal a complex character and raise questions about government and autocracy in contemporary Europe. © 2021 by The Regents...

... Union Eastern Europe democracy populism authoritarianism illiberalism postcommunist Viktor Orbán Hungary Poland Czech Republic 90 What keeps European states committed to the EU project has not changed: it is economically much better to be inside the bloc than outside. The EU s Eastward...

...Yuson Jung What do consumer rights actually mean in a context in which citizens are unsure whether there is even a functioning judicial system …? © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Yuson Jung Bulgaria Eastern Europe consumer...

... reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Tomasz Inglot Eastern Europe social mobility middle class inequality communism employment labor inequality populism labor migration welfare family policy Poland Hungary 96 The region has seen a radical shift from...

...Holly Case An ambitious attempt to trace the uneven progress toward liberal democracy over several centuries of European history may have drawn the wrong conclusions for dealing with today's illiberals. Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day...

... Map © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Map Europe Balearic Is. Corsica Sardinia Sicily Crete Isle of Man Hebrides Orkney Is. (Br.) Shetland Is. (Br.) Faroe Is. (Den.) Åland Is. Öland Bornholm (Den) Gotland Moscow Reykjavik...

... immigration migration asylum United Nations employment guest workers Europe 22 New policy designs will need to have an explicit dual purpose, combining the objectives of labor migration and humanitarian protection. Most high-income countries make a strict distinction in their immigration poli-cies...

... of the University of California Julia Lynch Jonathan Hopkin financial crisis Great Recession Western Europe capitalism democracy political parties free central banks austerity populism social democrats 315 [T]he financial crisis can be best understood as the final catastrophic stage...

... expectancy suicide opioid epidemic unemployment social spending welfare austerity homelessness poverty hunger United States Affordable Care Act Europe Britain National Health Service Greece 310 [S]hort-term policy changes can have long-term effects on the health and well- being...

... , 2017 Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe , by Kapka Kassabova Graywolf Press , 2017 © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Maria Todorova book review Bulgaria Eastern Europe Kristen Ghodsee Red Hangover...

... Map © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Map Europe Balearic Is. Corsica Sardinia Sicily Crete Isle of Man Hebrides Orkney Is. (Br.) Shetland Is. (Br.) Faroe Is. (Den.) Åland Is. Öland Bornholm (Den) Gotland Moscow Reykjavik...

... Chatty Syria Jordan Lebanon Turkey camps war civilians resettlement Europe United Nations High Commissioner Refugees UNHCR 337 The memory of the ties among the region s peoples under the Ottoman Empire has played a part in the kind of reception Syrians have received in their neighbor...

... Russian Revolution foreign policy Cold War Third World China United States Europe NATO anticolonialism decolonization national liberation nonaligned movement communism 258 Russia continues to be caught between a need to integrate itself into the West and a desire to maintain its...

... of labor became an integral part of the larger project of building democracy and markets. Labor s Travails in Postcommunist Eastern Europe RUDRA SIL The role played by the Solidarity union in weakening the communist regime in Poland, together with scenes of work- ers across Eastern Europe celebrating...

... Holly Case Hungary Viktor Orbán Young Democrats Poland Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice party Fidesz populism refugee crisis immigration Islam authoritarianism Eastern Europe illiberalism communism PERSPECTIVE There s a lot we re getting wrong if we see the illiberal...