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Understanding Italy’s Migrant Rebuttal: Is It More than just Xenophobic Grievances or a Burgeoning Alt-Right Movement

CESRAN Int.24 August 201824 August 2018

Due to its geographical position, the Italian coast has consistently been considered the main arrival point for migrant boats fleeing violence and chaos from North Africa, resulting in an ‘unfair...

Europe

Europe’s illiberal states: why Hungary and Poland are turning away from constitutional democracy

CESRAN Int.8 January 20188 January 2018

Western Europe has looked on with mounting bewilderment and exasperation over the past few years at the political trajectory of Hungary, Poland and several other former communist states. Countries that,...

CESRAN Blog Europe

Brexit: Now the Hard Part Begins — What the UK Must Do

CESRAN Int.9 December 20179 December 2017

“Without changes by the UK Govenrment, only a one-sided deal is possible” Editor’s Note: On Friday morning, after months of protracted discussions, the UK and the European Union finally reached...

Europe

Governing Without An Opposition: The Aftermath Of The Early Parliamentary Election In Bulgaria

Admin213 August 2017

A long-standing view among political scientists is that less fractionalized party systems produce more stable democracy and deliver socially better results. Putting theory and practice together, the question that remains...

Europe

HAS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACQUIRED MORE POWER DUE TO THE EURO AREA DEBT CRISIS?

Admin210 August 2017

The European Commission has always been the object of debates and analyses as to what extent the European Union (EU) political structure is democratic, since the structure of the Commission...

Defense & Security Europe Russia and Eurasia

The Mistral Warship Deal: What’s in for France and Russia?

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

After two years of negotiations, Russia and France signed a treaty of military cooperation on June 17, 2011 under which two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, together with their full technological...

Africa Europe

Auschwitz to Rwanda: the link between science, colonialism and genocide

CESRAN Int.28 January 201728 January 2017

When the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz death camp on 27 January 1945, among the prisoners left behind were a number of young twins. The surviving children and many more...

Europe

England’s Disappearing Regions

CESRAN Int.8 November 201617 November 2016

Listing the members of the British royal family and aristocracy is a good way to discover England’s regions. The likes of Wessex, Cornwall and York, Kent, Gloucester and Norfolk all...

Energy & Environment Europe

The EU’s Quest in South Caucasus: Energy Security and Pro-Active Engagement

CESRAN Int.8 November 201617 November 2016

The EU is implementing all the possible projects in order to lessen Russian gas dominance in the European market and in this regard one of those big projects is the...

Europe

Be careful what you wish for: a tale of two prime ministers

CESRAN Int.9 October 20169 October 2016

David Cameron started his career as party leader with a simple wish: to get the Conservative Party to ‘stop banging on about Europe’. However, he did not have a strategy...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Europe

Brexit: Implications for Counter-terrorism

CESRAN Int.21 July 201621 July 2016

Brexit will have negative consequences for counter-terrorism in the UK and in the EU. The UK will lose the possibility of enjoying the advantages the EU provides in this field...

Defense & Security Europe Middle East

Iraq: The Strategic Lessons of Chilcot

CESRAN Int.10 July 201610 July 2016

“The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences” Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2002 It is 12 volumes and 2.6 million words in length and took 7 years to...

CESRAN Blog Europe

Why Spain plays a crucial role in whether United Kingdom stays together

CESRAN Int.3 July 20163 July 2016

Committed supporters of Scottish independence may be dusting down their 2014 memorabilia and rehearsing their arguments now that the Brexit vote has raised the prospect of another referendum north of...

Europe

Heat not Light: The Tyranny of the Input Culture

CESRAN Int.19 May 201619 May 2016

Suddenly there is a glut of money. The British government is desperately trying to find projects to spend billions of unspent aid and development money. Meanwhile, the Treasury (finance ministry)...

Europe

An IMF Plot, Greece, the EU and BREXIT

CESRAN Int.17 April 201625 April 2016

On 19 March 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team for Greece held a meeting on how to force Greece into further austerity measures. These would entail deeper wage...