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EDITORIAL

Dear reader, welcome. The fact that you’re reading this, means you’ve found your way to ‘Europe’s footsteps in a struggling world’, an ambitious one week long journalism project by seven students from all over Europe.

Over the course of a week, each of us dived in a specific topic and wrote an analysis. As you scroll through the main page, you will find enlightning stories about Europe’s life outside its borders.

After only two days of work, our newsroom was – like most others – shaken up by the news of what happened to writers and cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The story about Europe’s struggle to combat jihadis online, suddenly became a matter for the heart. Read on to learn about how the EU treats the, only recently, promising Arab Spring countries today. A week ago foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Lieberman surprised friend and foe by saying Europe is its biggest diplomatic challenge, we gave that a second thought.

A big part of Europe’s footsteps outside its borders is development aid, climate policy and trade. We discovered development aid is hugely politcally motivated instead of scientifically. That Europe is – to the surprise of many – not contributing to the Green Climate Fund and we put the case of Myanmar under the microscope. And last but not least, we analysed west-african trade with Europe.

Enjoy the chaotic ride through Europe’s imprint!

Olivia Kortas, Coen van de Ven, Jack Cairns, Kasper Goethals (Chief Editor), Rikke Mathiassen, Maria Danmark Nielsen, Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen.

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Russia keeps prodding the inner harmony of Europe

By luring Eastern Europe with low energy-bills, reaching a hand towards troubled countries such as Greece and funding Front National in France, Putin is hurting the inner cohesion of an already divided Union.  Advertisements

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On Europe’s internal front: Sentenced to radicalisation

Recent terror attacks in Europe have increased the focus on the connections between faraway conflicts and local extremism. Some of the radicalisation appears to happen in prisons, which creates a massive dilemma: Jail sentences for fighters returning from Syria and Iraq might increase the risk of attacks at home.

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The Energy Union: An unsteady way to loosen Russia’s grip on gas

The Ukrainian crisis has triggered worries over whether or not Europe’s gas supply could be in jeopardy. The proposed Energy Union could be the way of weaning off Europe’s dependency on Russian gas. However, experts argue that it will take years before the union – if even implemented – would become a game-changer.

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Soldiers in Soft Shoes: British military advisors head for Ukraine

The British government’s decision to send 75 military advisors to aid the Ukrainian army has been seen by many experts as more symbolic than significant. If this is the case: why bother?

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Sometimes it’s best not to poke the Russian bear

As fighting continues in Eastern Ukraine, the latest truce is in tatters. Now, it’s time to examine what, truly, caused the conflict that has left over five thousand people dead and displaced almost a million people.

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Ceasefire: Putin is satisfied, again

While the western world is proud of its exhausted peace doves Merkel and Hollande, Kiev is facing an incredibly difficult task. The only winner of the Minsk-talks last week is Putin; he finally pushed back the EU and NATO from his borders. 

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