This time, Annette looks at the EU’s foreign policy together with Catherine de Vries, professor of political science at Bocconi University in Milan and Stéphane Alonso, chief of foreign editorial staff at NRC. Since the war in Ukraine, the Union seems to speak more with one voice. But we also see cracks developing. Will this continue? What are the biggest geopolitical challenges facing the Union today? And will the upcoming elections turn foreign policy 360 degrees again?
Tips and references from this episode:
- Catherine recommends ‘The road to unfreedom’ by Timothy Snyder , a book that she believes should actually be read together with ‘The end of history’ by Francis Fukuyama
- Stéphane recommends ‘Een waardenloze politiek’ by Tom van der Meer. According to him, this book fits in well with ‘Een politiek van gevolgen’ by Mathieu Segers
- Annette read the compelling novel ‘Luister’ by Sacha Bronwasser.
- Editor Luc recommends ‘Europa in woelig water’ by Rob Herbaut and Hendrik Vos
- Editor in chief Freek puts ‘Nooit meer slapen’ by W.F. Hermans on the reading tabel
Collaboration with Haagsch College
We make the podcast Café Europa together with our partner Haagsch College. Haagsch College is an initiative of Freek Ewals (former BNR Nieuwsradio) and Vincent Rietbergen (former NOS). They produce substantive productions such as theater tours with Rutger Bregman, Joris Luyendijk and Thomas Erdbrink. And in-depth live streams and podcasts about current events.
