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The last decade has seen the EU beset by crisis and Covid-19 has presented yet another threat to its existence. Luuk van Middelaar assesses the EU's response and how it has been shaped by it.
Luuk van Middelaar continues the analysis of the European Union's twenty-first-century crises that he began in his excellent Alarums and Excursions with this sharp-eyed and optimistic first take on the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This wonderful book offers an original, penetrating and compelling account of why the pandemic has forged a sense of common destiny rather than disintegration among Europeans. It cements Luuk van Middelaar’s reputation as the leading theorist and most gripping chronicler of our continent’s improbable but inspiring ‘passage to Europe’ through crisis management rather than federalist blueprints. Packed with insight and sparkling with ideas, it is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the tough choices Europeans must make to preserve their liberty, prosperity and power in the face of geopolitical competition.
A gripping account of European resilience, Pandemonium is a clarion call for unity and coherence. The book provides a realistic and much needed antidote to the persistent gloom clouding the Union’s future. Offering an illuminating mix of analysis and history to demonstrate the catalyzing effect of the pandemic's aftershocks, Luuk van Middelaar reveals with electrifying clarity the urgency for EU strategic autonomy in a post-Pax Americana world.
Gripping, dramatic and often epic, Luuk van Middelaar views the pandemic with the eyes of a political anatomist, dissecting the moment when political order is created out of the chaos and tragedy of life. Is the pandemic a new beginning? Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on European politics, this is one of the first books to raise this question in the serious manner that it deserves.
Luuk van Middelaar continues the analysis of the European Union's twenty-first-century crises that he began in his excellent Alarums and Excursions with this sharp-eyed and optimistic first take on the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This wonderful book offers an original, penetrating and compelling account of why the pandemic has forged a sense of common destiny rather than disintegration among Europeans. It cements Luuk van Middelaar’s reputation as the leading theorist and most gripping chronicler of our continent’s improbable but inspiring ‘passage to Europe’ through crisis management rather than federalist blueprints. Packed with insight and sparkling with ideas, it is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the tough choices Europeans must make to preserve their liberty, prosperity and power in the face of geopolitical competition.
A gripping account of European resilience, Pandemonium is a clarion call for unity and coherence. The book provides a realistic and much needed antidote to the persistent gloom clouding the Union’s future. Offering an illuminating mix of analysis and history to demonstrate the catalyzing effect of the pandemic's aftershocks, Luuk van Middelaar reveals with electrifying clarity the urgency for EU strategic autonomy in a post-Pax Americana world.
Essential thinking and obligatory reading from one of Europe’s most important intellectuals.
Gripping, dramatic and often epic, Luuk van Middelaar views the pandemic with the eyes of a political anatomist, dissecting the moment when political order is created out of the chaos and tragedy of life. Is the pandemic a new beginning? Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on European politics, this is one of the first books to raise this question in the serious manner that it deserves.
Luuk van Middelaar is a historian and political theorist. In his role as a speechwriter and close advisor to the president of the European Council (2010–15), van Middelaar witnessed the political theatre of Europe from the front row. He is currently a professor at the Europa Institute of Leiden University. His previous book, The Passage to Europe (winner of the 2012 European Book Prize) has been translated into more than ten languages. He was advisor to the acclaimed BBC programme, Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil (2019).