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The “Migrant” in the Middle: How the Struggle for Decolonization and the Struggle against Fascism Are Linked
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Ayşe ÇağlarGregory Feldman
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Behlül ÖzkanAyşe Çağlar
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Garrison Colony and Soviet Atomgrad
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Mariia ShynkarenkoSvitlana Matviyenko
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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How to Be a Climate Change Journalist in Ukraine and Why Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread Important Ideas
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Ludger HagedornMariana Verbovska
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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How Does Scholarship Persuade?
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Ewa AtanassowGeoffrey Harpham
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Judges Under Pressure
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Ivan VejvodaJudy Dempsey
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
Two members of the European Union. Two members of NATO. They couldn't be more different.
Poland and Romania are undergoing transformations that could have a profound effect on the rule of law, particularly on the role of independent judges.
Romania has been consistently criticized by reformers, by human rights activists and by organizations trying to combat the rampant corruption for the weak rule of law and for the constant interference by the political elites in the judiciary.
Since 1989, the country's transformation has been long, complicated and delayed by vested interests and indeed the old guard. Its history and culture do play a role in delaying the transformation. But the past cannot be used as an excuse to postpone a long overdue institutionalization of the rule of law and make the judiciary genuinely independent.
As for Poland, it was supposed to be a kind of model for other countries making the transformation from communism to democracy. But since 2005, a year after Poland joined the European Union, Law and Justice, a nationalist, conservative party, has been doing everything possible to overturn the gains of the post-1989 period.
Its first stint in power was too short-lived for the party to achieve its goal: adapting the law to implement its agenda. But since 2015, it has chiseled away at the fundamental aspects of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
There are a lot of "whys" with regard to what is happening in Poland and Romania. This will be the topic of my presentation on 4 November.
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
Two members of the European Union. Two members of NATO. They couldn't be more different.
Poland and Romania are undergoing transformations that could have a profound effect on the rule of law, particularly on the role of independent judges.
Romania has been consistently criticized by reformers, by human rights activists and by organizations trying to combat the rampant corruption for the weak rule of law and for the constant interference by the political elites in the judiciary.
Since 1989, the country's transformation has been long, complicated and delayed by vested interests and indeed the old guard. Its history and culture do play a role in delaying the transformation. But the past cannot be used as an excuse to postpone a long overdue institutionalization of the rule of law and make the judiciary genuinely independent.
As for Poland, it was supposed to be a kind of model for other countries making the transformation from communism to democracy. But since 2005, a year after Poland joined the European Union, Law and Justice, a nationalist, conservative party, has been doing everything possible to overturn the gains of the post-1989 period.
Its first stint in power was too short-lived for the party to achieve its goal: adapting the law to implement its agenda. But since 2015, it has chiseled away at the fundamental aspects of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
There are a lot of "whys" with regard to what is happening in Poland and Romania. This will be the topic of my presentation on 4 November.
Read more
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Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Carlos FraenkelLudger Hagedorn
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Missing Pages of European History
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Ivan VejvodaTeresa Reiter
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
Many people agree that the European Union’s enlargement process is flawed. As a consequence, none of the aspiring EU members meet their targets on the path to membership on time and some do not meet them at all. While Europeans spent a lot of money, time and energy to improve life the region for decades, it is equally true that Europeans made decisions that affected the Western Balkans negatively, too. However, when European history is discussed in the context of the European Union, it is usually mainly about how the treaties were negotiated, how the European institutions developed, and about the vision of the leaders who envisaged the European Union. There are pages missing from the European history book. Arguably, this approach of not dealing with its own role, interests and past with the Western Balkans could be seen as having a negative impact on the enlargement policy the European Union is pursuing today.
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
Many people agree that the European Union’s enlargement process is flawed. As a consequence, none of the aspiring EU members meet their targets on the path to membership on time and some do not meet them at all. While Europeans spent a lot of money, time and energy to improve life the region for decades, it is equally true that Europeans made decisions that affected the Western Balkans negatively, too. However, when European history is discussed in the context of the European Union, it is usually mainly about how the treaties were negotiated, how the European institutions developed, and about the vision of the leaders who envisaged the European Union. There are pages missing from the European history book. Arguably, this approach of not dealing with its own role, interests and past with the Western Balkans could be seen as having a negative impact on the enlargement policy the European Union is pursuing today.
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Elusive Transformations
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Mieke VerlooToni Haastrup
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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What Did Russia Build Within—the Digital Gulag or the Cyberpunk?
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Seminars and Colloquia
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Andrei ZakharovClemena AntonovaKirill Rogov
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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