Tag Archives: European integration

Václav Klaus live and unplugged

Posted on 27 April 2013 by

A few years ago I honestly told myself that I would spend less time academically on Czech right-wing politics and more time on other things. The world really did, after all, need some decent research about Central European interest groups … Continue reading →

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God save the Queen – and the EU governance regime

Posted on 6 June 2012 by

How do you celebrate the Jubilee? Given the choice between watching Prince Charles on TV, mowing the grass or reviewing a book about Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union, I knew what I would go for.  There is … Continue reading →

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Europe’s loose change

Posted on 12 February 2012 by

  It has to be the single oldest thing in the entire house:  a silver one Gulder piece from the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy minted in 1878, given as a curio to one of the kids by a Czech relative. About … Continue reading →

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European integration: A view from 1943

Posted on 23 July 2011 by

The internet has pretty much done for the traditional second-hand bookshop. I used to know of a least a dozen within half an hour’s walk in Brighton. Now I can only think of a couple. And besides, these days I … Continue reading →

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