Brexit: Implications for Counter-terrorism
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...
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A challenge for the EU’s role in the South Caucasus
The recent unprecedented escalation of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan along the Line of Contact (LoC) around the Karabakh region brought back the questions of what kind of challenges the...
Why Spain plays a crucial role in whether United Kingdom stays together
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...
Brexit Vs Remain; a leadership failure
Looking beyond the causes of Brexit and how each campaign faired in the Brexit Referendum is the fundamental issue of leadership failure on both sides. A 51% win for Leave...
The Causes of Brexit
The causes of Brexit that I have heard thus far are as follows: The politics of austerity, the collapse of the Labour Party and the loss of the white working...
Brexit: Between A Rock and A Hard Place
According to the latest results, the Leave campaign won narrowly in the Brexit Referendum. A narrow win it may be so, yet it is one of the biggest victories for...
A Very Sad Day for Europe: UK Opt to Leave European Union
The Brexit Referendum results - 51.9% for Leave and 48.1% to Remain - confirm the United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union. Today’s results will have serious ramifications...
Europe’s Leaders are Europe’s Greatest Weakness
Europe’s leaders are Europe’s greatest weakness. Stockholm is a beautiful city, both solid and enticing in equal measure as it cavorts between land, sea, and sky. And yet behind the...
BBC Accused of Bias on Aleppo
By Patrick Ward* and Salwa Amor** Anti-regime activists in Syria have accused the BBC of bias after the broadcaster used footage of the aftermath of a government attack on rebel-held...
Terror Bombing in Brussels and Paris
Europe’s Islamist Legionnaires Come Home to Fight Introduction The terror bombings in Paris and Brussels have raised a cacophony of voices, ranging from state officials, Prime Ministers and Presidents, to...
President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia
After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think...
Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?
It appears to be increasingly common that terrorist attacks not of the lone-wolf variety involve members of the same family. Some of them, like the San Bernardino attack last December,...
Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration
Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...
Will a 2 Celsius Warming Prove Dangerous? Ocean Circulation Models Say Yes
Studying climate is not something we invented in the 20th and 21st century. Humans have been observing environmental change associated with climate since the early 19th century when scientists first...
Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric
In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans...