From Living Reviews in European Governance, Viktoria Kaina and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski (Potsdam): EU Governance and European Identity; Robert Ladrech (Keele): Europeanization and Political Parties; and Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zurich): Europeanization beyond Europe. Reading Milton Friedman in Dublin: A review of Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger by Fintan O’Toole. The first chapter from France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era by Philip Nord. From Axess, a special issue in defence of the Enlightenment, including articles on journalists and neutrality, silence on racism and voters taking liberties; and a special issue on the abdication of the elites. The Baltimore of the Baltic: Riga's considerable charms can't always distract from the crumbling infrastructure and frequent squalor — sound familiar? Thirsty and miserable: Henry Langston goes on tour with the English Defence League. Eurabia, Eurabia: A nationalist refrain helps to win electoral gains in Europe. Geoffrey Wheatcroft reviews Pascal Bruckner's The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism (and more) and Theodore Dalrymple's The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism. A 900-year-old taboo: Meet Giorgia Boscolo, Venice's first gondoliera. Can Job Cohen, a Jew who reaches out to Muslims, be the next Dutch prime minister — and a model for Europe? The Eurozone needs a political union, or at least elements of one. When religion and culture part ways: An interview with Olivier Roy on Islam in Europe, from revolutionary milleniarism to Muslim Luthenarianism. From NYRB, a review essay on the corrupt reign of Emperor Silvio. Perfidious Albion again: The British are different, really, but they are stuck with Europe — and it with them.
