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The dynamic center in Europe

A new issue of Social Europe Journal is out, on justice and equality in the good society. Andreas Bergh (Lund): The Rise, Fall and Revival of the Swedish Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden? A review of A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich by Christopher B. Krebs (and more and more and more). Why Tony Blair could never have been a satisfactory first President of Europe. Land for Harry Potter villains: A revealing sign of ever-present albanophobia or anti-albanianism. Norman Abjorensen recalls a meeting with Yugoslav dissident and writer Milovan Djilas, born one hundred years ago this month. A review of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life by Elaine Sciolino (and more). In every era, one city is designated as a magnet of creativity and energy — which city is the dynamic center in Europe now? A review of On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe by Andrzej Stasiuk. Europeans against multiculturalism: Political attacks misread history, target Muslims, and may win votes. The end of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko's era appears to be approaching, as thousands take to the streets in Minsk to protest against the country's economic crisis (and more). Invisible Roma: Facing widespread discrimination, the Roma have replaced Jews as the “black sheep” of Europe (and more). A graph shows seven days of bug-splats on the license plates of automobiles traveling in the Netherlands. Despite the myriad problems currently facing the EU, democratization is not the answer — rather, the EU's elites need to improve and power has to be taken away from the periphery. Larry Summers on how to save the eurozone. From Slate, Happy Menocal and John Swansburg visit Malta: 10 days, 6,000 years of history.