Notes on European political culture | jpeterburgess.com http://jpeterburgess.com/blog What is new and what is old about the EC presidency https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/what-is-new-and-what-is-old-about-the-ec-presidency/ https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/what-is-new-and-what-is-old-about-the-ec-presidency/ Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:02:53 +0200 Against the backdrop of the recent boat-rocking European Parliament elections, which saw the extreme right groups—in particular France’s Front National—make prominent inroads, the process of electing on new president of the European Commission is revealing a new story not only about the politics of the post, but about the particular historical setting in which Europe finds itself.

News comes from Harpsund, Sweden that opposition is growing against the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, member of the European People’s Party. With a long and eminent career in European top-politics behind him, Juncker is widely respected as a highly competent political voice in European politics. Why is his candidacy to the post of EC president on the brink of stalling?

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]]> Transatlantic science week https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/transatlantic-science-week/ https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/transatlantic-science-week/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:09:36 +0100 TSW logo

Trust as a proxy of certainty
Presentation at the Transatlantic science week conference, Washington, 12 November

Presentation slides here

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Keynote address to the conference Sichere Zeiten, hosted by the German Ministry of Research and Education.

Text in German here
Audio in German here

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Terrorism and responsibility (in Norwegian)

Keynote address to the annual research conference of the Norwegian Police College.
Text in Norwegian here
Audio in Norwegian here

]]> Politics of regret https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/politics-of-regret/ https://jpeterburgess.com/blog/politics-of-regret/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:15:51 +0200

Op-ed. Politics of regret gives no guarantees Aftenposten, 18 April, 2013 (in Norwegian)
available here. Google translate version here

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