Tag: European Union
A brief history of ketchup
Ken Albala, University of the Pacific
Trade wars have an interesting way of revealing cultural stereotypes.
Countries often propose tariffs not on the most valuable...
What’s behind Italy’s crisis and why it matters
Bruno Pellegrino, University of California, Los Angeles
Editor’s note: Italy managed to form a government after briefly slipping into political crisis, which sent markets around...
A customs union would free the UK to strike trade deals...
Karen Jackson, University of Westminster and Oleksandr Shepotylo, University of Bradford
The debate around the UK’s level of involvement in the EU single market after...
EU’s antitrust ‘war’ on Google and Facebook uses abandoned American playbook
Ramsi Woodcock, Georgia State University
The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that European antitrust regulators have declared war on American tech giants.
On June...
Why banning laptops from airplane cabins doesn’t make sense
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University
Recent reports suggest that terrorists can now create bombs so...
Macron and LePen are battling for France’s heart and soul in...
Richard Fogarty, University at Albany, State University of New York
On April 24, the day after her second-place finish in the first round...
America can’t be first without Europe
Earl Anthony Wayne, Hamilton College and Daniel S. Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University
On March 25, European Union leaders celebrate the 60th anniversary of...
Will Trump victory make Angela Merkel leader of the free world?
Johanna Schuster-Craig, Michigan State University
After the election of Donald Trump, commentators have argued that German Chancellor Angela Merkel may become the leader of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
