George Blaustein
@georgeblaustein.bsky.social
Co-founder & co-editor, European Review of Books (https://europeanreviewofbooks.com/, @europeanreview.bsky.social)
Americanist, University of Amsterdam (https://www.uva.nl/profiel/b/l/g.h.blaustein/g.h.blaustein.html)
Americanist, University of Amsterdam (https://www.uva.nl/profiel/b/l/g.h.blaustein/g.h.blaustein.html)
«Schengen’s proponents often spoke of it as a ‘laboratory’. … Should we picture politico-chemical engineers, with white coats under fluorescent lights? They measure beakers of combustible substances—supranationalism, sovereignty, economic efficiency, xenophobia—and try to find a stable emulsion.»
April 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
«Schengen’s proponents often spoke of it as a ‘laboratory’. … Should we picture politico-chemical engineers, with white coats under fluorescent lights? They measure beakers of combustible substances—supranationalism, sovereignty, economic efficiency, xenophobia—and try to find a stable emulsion.»