Stefano Casertano, a senior fellow at the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (www.bigs-potsdam.org), is a columnist for The European, Linkiesta.it, and Finanza & Mercati.
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Protests in Taksim Square: 24 Years Later
Exactly 24 years after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Turkey’s prime minister has to decide how to respond to demands for real secular de…
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A Deafening Silence
Italian soccer clubs have a racism problem. It’s indicative of the sorry state of Italian civil society that almost nobody dares to speak op…
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Let Syria Split
Syria’s conflict is likely to continue for years – unless we change more than the rules of the political game. A two-state solution is most …
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Love Thy Neighbour, Keep Thy Money
As long as the powerhouses of Europe prefer austerity over economic solidarity, we must remain pessimistic about the future of the continent…
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The Berlusconi Conspiracy
Criticizing Berlusconi's "Bunga Bunga" attitude won't stop his resurgence - it will only convince more Italians that the world is out to get…
Protests in Taksim Square: 24 Years Later
Heidi Maurer: The comparison of Turkey with China makes me feel really uneasy - and it just sounds wrong and insulting to the many protest that have the guts to show their disagreement and invest energy in fighting…
Love Thy Neighbour, Keep Thy Money
Ken Presting: Germany has been widely praised in the past for its generous help to its poorer neighbor during re-unification. It's hard to fault them now for declining to take the same role for the EU periphery. …