Alarums and Excursions
Improvising Politics on the European Stage
Editions in English, French, and Dutch.
On 9 May 2019, Times Higher Education chose Alarums & Excursions as its “Book of the Week”: “a brilliant treatise”, “his discussion of the high politics of migration is the best thing yet written on the subject”. A week later, the Financial Times ranked it first in its top-5 of books to read on the future of the EU, for its “invaluable insights into how the EU tackled the eurozone, migration and Ukraine crises”.
A forum on the future of democracy in Europe, hosted by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue, with speakers Ivan Krastev (IWM, Vienna), Adam Tooze (Columbia University), Daniela Schwarzer (DGAP Berlin), LvM and the Federal President. Upon invitation only.
A book panel in the Albertine Library with speakers Sheri Berman (Professor of Political Science at Columbia University), Jean-Marie Guéhenno (Brookings Institute; former under-SG at the UN) and Christoph Heusgen (German Ambassador to the UN and former diplomatic advisor to Federal Chancellor Merkel). Open to the public without registration.
Venue: Albertines, 972 fifth avenue, New York, Untited states – From 18.30
French book launch at BOZAR
Conversation with political philosopher Marcel Gauchet and author and journalist Florence Autret.
Comment raconter L’Europe? Images, Tabous, Pouvoirs:
Alarums and Excursions
“Whatever our future relationship with the EU, our prosperity will be hugely dependent on understanding what it is, how it works, where it might be headed and what crises, beyond Brexit, it is trying to surmount. This book is a truly brilliant guide on all. An extraordinary combination of clear-sighted, forensic and sober analysis. Clever and subtle, it avoids all the fatuous lazy generalisations – about federalism, supranationalism and intergovernmental relations – which so bedevil much UK debate, and points to the reforms which will really be needed if the EU is to surmount the most formidable set of challenges it has faced since it was formed.”
– Sir Ivan Rogers, British Ambassador to the EU, 2013-2017
Talk about EU elections in an age of events
Venue: Abbaye de Neimenster, 28 rue Munster L-2160 Luxembourg-Grund – from 17.00
Alarums and Excursions
“Lively and well-informed … offers thought-provoking insights into the European Union, its ways of working and its many challenges, both historical and contemporary.”
– Prof Dame Helen Wallace FBA
Alarums and Excursions
“Quite simply the most insightful book on Europe’s politics today. A unique blend of behind-the-scenes knowledge, compelling ideas and powerful political judgement.”
– Donald Tusk, President of the European Council
RTBF 43 minutes 17.11.18
Le Grand Oral de Luuk van Middelaar
«L’élément caché du Brexit, c’est punir les Britanniques »”
Livre en débat – Quand l’Europe improvise : dix ans de crises politiques
France Culture, Avis critique par Raphaël Bourgois. Une émission consacrée aux livres de Luuk van Middelaar et Miguel Benasayag, avec la participation d’Alexis Lacroix (Le Point) et Olivier Pascal-Mousselard