Europe's greatest collaborative achievement , transforming a war-devastated continent into one of the world's richest regions , is now at risk because cooperation has replaced genuine collaboration. Heritage scholar Rob van der Laarse explains why shared memory, contested landscapes, and the unresolved traumas of the twentieth century hold the key to whether Europe survives the twenty-first. Subscribe for more episodes on collaboration and its relationship to conflict. Rob van der Laarse, historian and founder of the Amsterdam School for Heritage and Memory and Material Culture, brings a perspective that connects cultural memory, conflict landscapes, and European geopolitics to the question of collaboration. His career spans 20 years in history departments, pioneering work in heritage and memory studies, and advisory roles for Dutch government mi ...