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International

The Coronavirus Revealed Central Europe’s Chaotic Governance

What remains of public trust in the state is vanishing as the pandemic roars back into Central Europe.

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Martin Ehl - January 22, 2021

Op-Ed

What Europe Can Learn From Joe Biden’s Victory

There are lessons we can draw from Biden's election that can help the European Union better deal with far-right populism.

Ruth Wodak - December 20, 2020

Culture

Happy Birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven!

This year we celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday. This brand-new video series takes you on a musical pilgrimage through Beethoven’s Vienna.

Majd Nassan - December 16, 2020

Fall 2020

What “Rule of Law” Means Since the EU Budget Summit

On the surface, the EU budget summit smoothed over the friction between Brussels and the bloc’s problem children. Deeper down, the rift may be growing.

Martin Ehl - November 13, 2020

Fall 2020

Should Fashion Seek Diversity?

“Inclusive sizing” and “disabled-friendly” clothing have joined the buzzwords of conscious consumerism. Does this make sense for an industry built on the allure of unattainability? What is beauty anyway?

Magdalena Schwarz - October 25, 2020

Online

Integration and Identity – Who is a “Real” Austrian?

On the eve of the Vienna mayoral elections, questions of voting rights and double citizenship – of Heritage and 'Heimat' – are again dominating the agenda.

Dardis McNamee - October 9, 2020

Online

I’m an Austrian Who Can’t Live in Austria

With a life both in the U.S. and Vienna, Gabriel Foguel wants dual citizenship, but the Austrian government won’t allow it.

Gabriel Foguel - October 8, 2020

Fall 2020

How Disease Detectives Help Us Beat COVID-19 By Tracking Superspreaders

The crucial role of public health and contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Michelle Epstein - September 20, 2020

Online

How Austria Has – and Hasn’t – Changed

The British Ambassador to Austria, Leigh Turner, takes stock of how Vienna has and hasn’t changed since his first posting to the city in the 1980s.

Leigh Turner - September 10, 2020

Op-Ed

Who Protects Women from Domestic Violence?

Under COVID-19 lockdown, domestic violence has predictably gone up. Intervention helps.

Dardis McNamee - August 12, 2020

Op-Ed

During the Corona Crisis, a Fiat Can Become a Critical Food Pipeline

COVID-induced creative charity or how the boot of a Fiat became a critical food pipeline.

Andrew Standen-Raz - August 7, 2020

Online

Why the EU Recovery Fund Is a Big Deal – for Europe & for the Climate

The recent budget-corona negotiations could lead to the creation of a fiscal union and a greater emphasis on sustainability.

Kurt Bayer - August 4, 2020

Coronavirus

Central Europe Beat COVID-19 – Will Their Democracies Survive?

Like other “black swan” events in the past, COVID-19 has challenged our democracies and changed the way we live.

András Zágoni-Bogsch - July 22, 2020

Online

Poland: Homophobia and TV-Propaganda Secured Andrzej Duda’s Reelection

While the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) remains in power, opposition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski has forced the president to take notice.

Florian Bayer - July 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Lessons of the Pandemic | Italy, America, and Covid-19

The crisis has revealed us – for better and worse – to ourselves; the question now is what we will do next.

Frank Snowden - July 12, 2020

Online

Liberal Freedom and Its Flip Side

The renewed struggle against discrimination is really two struggles: one about rights, the other about opinion.

Isolde Charim - July 9, 2020

Coronavirus

Living Through the Pandemic in the World’s Most Livable City

A public international lawyer with 25 years at the UN recounts her experience of living through the pandemic in Vienna.

Mona Ali Khalil - April 11, 2020

Expat's Voice

HERSTORY – Metropole x Women of Vienna

Zilla Boyer a political scientist, campaigner and pod-cast creator who joined WoV in search of adventure when she relocated here almost three years ago.

Metropole - April 6, 2020

Op-Ed

Opinion | What if Foreigners Had Voting Rights?

Having two homes is confusing, and the choice between convenience and (fragile) ideology, even more so.

Eden Vered - March 10, 2020

Op-Ed

HERSTORY – Metropole x Women of Vienna

In this series, METROPOLE partners up with the Women of Vienna network to bridge communities and celebrate diversity, introducing some of their incredible members and bringing you a slice of Herstory.

Metropole - December 16, 2019

Online

From Yesterday to Today

With Turkish bombs falling on Kurdish cities in Northeast Syria, a young woman from Rojava tells the story of her town and people

Vinda Celebi - October 25, 2019

Op-Ed

Democracy’s Second Wind in CEE

METROPOLE and GLOBSEC will be cooperating on a range of activities, initiatives and events in the upcoming months to promote democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Dardis McNamee - September 15, 2019

Online

Closing KAICIID, Silencing Dialogue

Author and activist Heather Wokusch who has partnered with KAICIID takes on the Austrian Parliament’s decision to close the interreligious center in Vienna

Heather Wokusch - June 18, 2019

Expat's Voice

17 Million Mobile EU Citizens Deserve a Political Voice

Those of us who reside in another member state live more “European” lives than anyone. Yet we feel disenfranchised.

Alberto Alemanno - May 31, 2019

Op-Ed

Pro & Con | June 2019

The EU plans to abolish daylight savings time in 2021. A good idea? Time for Change Good riddance, I say! The benefits of Daylight Saving Time (DST)...

Binu Starnegg - May 29, 2019

Online

The Price of Independence

The FPÖ would like nothing better than to hobble the independence of Austria’s public broadcaster, the ORF. Now Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strac...

Simon Ballam - March 26, 2019

Opinion

Growth and Its Discontents

Central Europe has experienced a soaring economy in the last two decades. Yet the disaffection of many shows the limits of what economic gro...

Martin Ehl - February 26, 2019

Opinion

The US Midterms and the Consequences for Europe

The world has watched the US midterm elections spellbound. But for Europe, even the Democratic victory in the house of representative might not bring ...

Eva Nowotny - December 6, 2018

Opinion

Op-Ed | The Brexit Endgame

The outcome may indicate how the dialectic between supranationalism and nationalism will play out in much of the rest of the world. The United Kingdo...

Robert Skidelsky - November 13, 2018

July/August 2016

Op-Ed: Confessions of a British Casting Agent in Vienna

Austria still needs to stamp its identity on supporting roles in international film and TV productions. One Brit in town has a mission to help things ...

Lee Thomas - July 1, 2016

June 2016

Op-Ed: Man Without a Country

Breaking its election promises, a Tory government has left expat Britons out in the cold Disenfranchisement is an ugly word. As a UK citizen with...

Simon Ballam - June 1, 2016

May 2016

Op-Ed: The SPÖ’s Family Feud

Austria’s refugee crisis has not only polarized the political landscape, it has split the country’s ruling party right down the middle As every seas...

Simon Ballam - May 1, 2016

April 2016

Op-ed: In Brexit, We All Lose

Britain, our role model in language, constitutional law, education and business, would gradually feel farther and farther away I want to encourag...

Martin Ehl - April 1, 2016

March 2016

Op-Ed: The Short Long Term

With Central European governments constantly changing the rules, it has become impossible for families or businesses to plan for the future A qua...

Martin Ehl - March 1, 2016

February 2016

Op-Ed: The Danger of a Weak Europe

How Europe’s economic and demogrphic choices made in 2016 will impact the economies of Europe and the U.S. In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry K...

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. - February 1, 2016

December/January 2015/2016

Op-ed: The Art of Capital Flight

What impact will China’s slowdown have on the red-hot contemporary art market? For emerging-market investors, art has become a critical tool for faci...

Kenneth Rogoff - December 9, 2015

November 2015

Opinion | Life After Schengen

Slaughtering the EU’s sacred cow could renew confidence in the Union Throughout Europe’s refugee crisis, warnings have proliferated about the threat...

Bill Emmott - November 1, 2015