European Integration and Disintegration

Nick Cohen is a historical researcher, currently at Schmidt Futures. He is also an advisor to the Wilson Center’s Cold War Archives Research Institute. A former Schepp Scholar, he holds an MA from Columbia University, where he studied transatlantic diplomatic history, and a BA from Carleton College in International Relations. Ayana Dootalieva is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar where she practices European and Belgian public and environmental law. She is trained in law and social sciences and holds degrees from Ghent University (Belgium) and Columbia University (NY, USA). Ayana is interested in the interplay between law, governance, and policy.

0. Introduction: European Unity, From Crisis to Integration: Perspective from the Next Generation of Europe’s Thinkers 1. The Future of Europe’s Social Democratic Parties: Lessons from the Labour Party’s Social Contract Failure 2. State of Pandemic: Opportunity or Challenge for Far-Right Populist Parties?: The Case of the Alternative für Deutschland Party 3. Decentralizing and Democratizing Identity Narratives through Regional Tourism: A Lesson from Catalonia 4. The Birth of the Maastricht Generation: The Role of Young Hungarians in Defending European Democracy 5. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: RT’s Reporting on the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe 6. The New Ostpolitik: Nord Stream 2 and the Politics of German-Russian Relations 7. Will 27 Become One?: The Linkage Between Europe’s Domestic and Foreign Politics and the Prospect of a Single EU Seat at the United Nations Security Council