Threats to Greenland partially unite Europe (!)

We live in unprecedented times. It is hard to believe that the US threatens to grab a piece of land from a European ally. As a symbolic gesture, a few European countries sent soldiers to Greenland. In no way is this enough against the giant American military force… Trump’s Greenland threats have produced an unusually … Read more

Did Denmark really classify US as a threat?

According to the German news outlet tagesspiegel.de, that’s the case, but I asked Perplexity for more confirmation. Here is what I found: The phrase making the rounds is partly accurate but also somewhat misleading. Denmark’s military intelligence has, for the first time, described the United States as a potential security risk in its annual threat … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “Spain?s indignados and the mediated aesthetics of nonviolence

Spain?s indignados and the mediated aesthetics of nonviolence NB. The text below is an earlier version of a document that will be published as: Postill, J. forthcoming. Spain?s indignados and the mediated aesthetics of nonviolence. In P. Werbner, M. Webb and K. Spellman-Poots (eds) Beyond the Arab Spring: The Aesthetics and Poetics of Popular Revolt … Read more