Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Europäischem Rat und Europarat? Wo liegen die Ursachen für die zahlreichen Krisen, die Europa gemeistert – oder noch vor sich – hat? In seiner 4., überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Auflage erklärt das Buch, wie unser neues Europa funktioniert, welche ungeahnten [...]
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Die Herausforderungen für das Regieren in Europa und insbesondere in der EU und in ihren Mitgliedstaaten werden nicht geringer; im Gegenteil, Entwicklungen wie die Finanz- bzw. Schuldenkrise, der Austritt Großbritanniens aus der EU, die COVID-19-Pandemie, starke anti-europäische Tendenzen in [...]
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englischThe Russian war of aggression against Ukraine represents a Zeitenwende – a turning point – in German foreign and security policy, which requires a complete redefinition of Germany’s role within the future European security order. Through contributions by renowned experts, this anthology [...]
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englischCarl Schmitt for connoisseurs: These new studies—some previously unpublished, some revised—deal with research desiderata from a new collection of sources: correspondence with companions and critics, such as Feuchtwanger, Heidegger and Voegelin, as well as the chain of ‘Schmittians’, from [...]
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englischThe renewed takeover of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban on August 15, 2021, almost 20 years after they were militarily defeated by the USA and its allies and were considered conquered, clearly shows that the project of building an Afghan state based on the Western model has failed. How [...]
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englischThe yearbook on European integration, compiled by the Institute of European Politics in Berlin, has documented the process of European integration in an up-to-date and detailed way since 1980. The result is a unique record of contemporary European history over a 43 year period. The 2023 [...]
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englischThe democratic constitutional states of today, the product of a historical struggle with manifold forms of foreign domination, abuse of power and arbitrary rule, are faced with a multitude of dictatorial regimes on a global scale. However, extremist forces and movements operating within [...]
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englischThe dispute about political content, about the orientation and identity of a community is driven by concepts. They are the starting point of controversial interpretive difficulties and at the same time function as a heuristic framework for political science research. However, what in detail [...]
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englischFor many Germans, the desire to become a world power was an obvious choice because, at the turn of the century, the German Empire was one of the three leading economies in the world, alongside Great Britain and the USA. However, the First World War ended this phase as the German Empire lost [...]
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englischEmotions have always been considered an important element of political communication. Recent research has demonstrated the significance of emotions in individual information-processing and political judgements. Used strategically, emotions thus become an instrument for influencing people. [...]
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