UN Secretary General Calls on Member States to Take a People-centered Approach to Migration Crisis
November 22, 2017 3 min. read

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 2,200 migrants died while trying to cross the Mediterranean during the first seven months of 2017. In the United States, more people are dying while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, even though fewer people are making the attempt. According to the IOM, the reported […]

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An Independent Catalonia May Promote Worldwide Independence Movements
September 20, 2017 4 min. read

National governments in federally unified states rarely allow for a national legal process to break up its own federation.

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The Week Ahead
September 18, 2017 5 min. read

An overview of what to expect in the coming week. Headlined by Brexit talks, the German election, and Trump’s first official conference at the U.N.

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Theresa May’s Misplaced Bet on Donald Trump
August 1, 2017 6 min. read

France was recently declared the world’s top soft power for 2017, outranking both the US and the UK for the first time. How should Theresa May respond?

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Brexit and the Irish Border
May 23, 2017 3 min. read

Brexit was fought and decided on immigration. Yet while the argument about migrants was debated, the issue of the Irish border was largely ignored.

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The Lessons of Dead Empires
May 18, 2017 3 min. read

The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires are lessons on how underestimating national identities can lead to unintended political change.

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The EU at 60: Between Globalism and Nationalism
May 6, 2017 8 min. read

In their quest for power, populist parties prescribe protectionism and the reestablishment of national sovereignty as panacea to all of the EU’s ills.

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Europe’s ‘Fault Lines’ should be Discussed at the UN: Ambassador Almeida
March 12, 2017 4 min. read

The head of Europe’s delegation to the United Nations describes an ideological battle in the EU between globalism and nationalism.

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On Turkey, NATO and Needing New Allies
January 24, 2017 6 min. read

After almost a century of marching in lockstep with the secular ideas of Ataturk and the Kemalists, Erdogan is taking a hammer to the entire edifice.

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Military Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?
October 14, 2016 6 min. read

The EU’s foreign policy mostly relies on soft power. However, European leaders are suggesting a more proactive role for the EU as a global military power.

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Central and Eastern Europe at odds with Brussels
September 27, 2016 5 min. read

The refugee crisis revealed the extent of the ideological parting of ways between old and new Europe.

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