Questions tagged [europe]

Questions related to the politics of countries within Europe (i.e. comparing aspects of policy regarding various European countries).

This tag should be used for questions that discuss various European countries (e.g. comparing an aspect of policy between them).

For questions about the politics of specific European institutions, use , , .

For questions that deal only with specific countries, use those tags, for example: .

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Are European countries' politics less democratic than in the US?

Source: Richard A. Posner, How Judges Think (2008), p. 351 Bottom. Furthermore, foreign decisions emerge from a complex social, political, historical, and institutional background of which most of our judges and Justices are ignorant. To know…
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Has any major politician recently called for a "New Rome?"

I am working on a "geopolitical" novel in which Italy, Greece, and Turkey combine to form a "New Roman Republic." (Spain joins later.) These are self-consciously "Mediterranean" countries tht define themselves in opposition to a "Nordic" bloc. Since…
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strategically (un)important locations in Europe

"Strategically important" location, region, area, territory or country is a claim often made about whatnot place as a reason for getting conquered over and over again. Often enough the reasoning behind such a claim is vague or…
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