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Home / Themes / Democracy and citizenship / Page 8

Democracy and citizenship

Rastro, Madrid. Photo: Nacho Rascón (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Highs and lows of immigrant integration in Spain

Spain can boast of having integrated a wave of migrants of singular size and intensity into its society. It is still, however, a long way from the countries where first-generation immigrants and their offspring have secured prominent roles in public life.

By Carmen González Enríquez
13 Jun 2016 //
15 mins Reading time
The EU-Turkey Agreement: a turning point in the EU’s policy approach to the refugee crisis but with the devil lurking in the detail
Future of Europe Experts Comments

The EU-Turkey Agreement: a turning point in the EU’s policy approach to the refugee crisis but with the devil lurking in the detail

The EU-Turkey agreement is a far cry from Angela Merkel’s open borders policy of the summer of 2015.

By Patrícia Lisa
04 Apr 2016 //
8 mins Reading time
Contrasts between the realism of Kennan and Obama (George F. Kennan, photo via Institute for Advanced Studies, and Barack Obama, photo via Wikimedia Commons). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Contrasts between the realism of Kennan and Obama

The greatest disagreements between George F. Kennan's realism and Barack Obama's would today centre on the Middle East and the US reaction to Daesh.

By Antonio R. Rubio Plo
17 Mar 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
George F. Kennan in 1947. Photo: Harris & Ewing Collection – Library of Congress vía Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain Licence. Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Kennan’s ‘long telegram’: reflections from the past and the present

On 22 February 1946 George F. Kennan sent to Washington a memorandum known as the ‘long telegram’, which stated the policy of containment.

By Antonio R. Rubio Plo
14 Mar 2016 //
7 mins Reading time
Immigrant density and immigrant integration in Spain. Source: the authors.
Democracy and citizenship Analyses

How immigrant integration unfolds

Where and how should integration policy-makers focus their resources and attention?

By Rickard Sandell, Pierluigi Contucci
09 Feb 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Donald Trump's campaing in Muscatine, Iowa (24/1/2016). Photo: Evan Guest / Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution. Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The US: votes of rage

Of the various terms used to describe the mood of voters, ‘rage’ emerge with the greatest frequency in the analyses and surveys of the elections in the US.

By Andrés Ortega
09 Feb 2016 //
4 mins Reading time
Donald Trump (Republican Party, US) and Marine Le Pen (National Front, France). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The Trump-Le Pen nightmare is unlikely to come true, but it does muddy the waters

A nightmare scenario is causing some serious concern: seeing Donald Trump become US President in 2017 while Marine Le Pen becomes President of France.

By Andrés Ortega
15 Dec 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
Site of the Neptune Inn on the corner of Côte de la Montagne and rue Sault au Matelot. Québec City (Ville de Québec). Photo: Harvey Barrison / Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike. Elcano blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Quebec’s paradox: feeling less pro-independent but also less Canadian

Although independence in Quebec is much lower than 20 years ago, Quebeckers feel less Canadian than ever.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Dec 2015 //
4 mins Reading time
Angela Merkel and François Hollande greet Jean-Claude Juncker in the plenary chamber (European Parliament) on 7 October. Photo: European Parliament. Elcano Blog.
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Illiberal demagoguery splits Europe at the seams

The greatest internal fissure in the EU is now between East and West. Illiberal demagoguery is a democratic regression that can undermine its very foundations.

By Andrés Ortega
13 Oct 2015 //
6 mins Reading time
Volunteers from a Latin group in the counties of Orange and Osceola. (Hilda M. Perez). Photo: Orlando Sentinel. Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

In 2016 Latinos will decide who gets to the White House

The number of eligible Latinos (those who can register on the electoral census) should account for 13% of the total, 2% more than in the last presidential elections.

By Andrés Ortega
29 Sep 2015 //
3 mins Reading time
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Elephants with longer trunks, donkeys with longer manes

US political and social life contributes to foster a self-serving loop in which specific ideologies feed off themselves, resulting in their radicalisation.

04 Sep 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
Cafe Rembrandt, Viena (Austria). Holocaust Encyclopedia - Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Europe: fewer Jews, more anti-Semites

Anti-Semitism seems to be on the rise again in much of Europe when, paradoxically, it has fewer Jews than ever.

By Andrés Ortega
24 Feb 2015 //
5 mins Reading time

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