France’s Multicultural Challenge
French internal policies must change to help forge a new multicultural France, where immigrants can celebrate their heritage, practice the religion of their choosing and still be French.
NATO’s Expanding Role in Cybersecurity
While NATO is developing partnerships with member states and through partnerships to bolster cyber defense capabilities, bureaucratic and security protocols hamper its effectiveness.
The Catalan Threat to Spanish Democracy
Catalan separatists are effectively holding the stability of Spanish democracy hostage.
The EU’s Second Chance to Get Asylum Policies Right: How Superficial Third-country Agreements Created the Opportunity for Lasting Change
Agreements with third-countries aimed at discouraging the flow of asylum seekers into Europe are as necessary as they are flawed. The EU now has the opportunity to bring asylum policy exclusively into its own realm of governance,...
The Brexit Opportunity: How Brexit Can Re-Energize UK Development Policy
As the UK leaves the EU, there are underexplored implications for the UK’s international development policy, with Brexit providing an opportunity for the UK to reduce trade barriers with developing countries and develop a...
Germany’s Recovery Gives Kosovo Hope
Parallels between Kosovo in the last twenty years and Germany in the decades after World War II provide hope for Kosovo’s future.
Softening a Hard Brexit
Brexit is complex and controversial, and the form it takes will impact the UK and Ireland in particular for generations. Steps must be taken to ensure voters have a say in the form it takes.
A New Start for Multilateral Arms Control?
The dissolution of the INF threatens a new era of nuclear instability. New START must be protected and strengthened in order to avoid a potentially bleak future.
Brexit’s Impact on UK-Middle East Relations
This past month, the British Prime Minister Theresa May and her government have scrambled to break the parliamentary deadlock, following the proposal’s January 15th defeat. The race against the March 29th deadline has thrust many...
Making Elections Great Again: Why US Foreign Policy Is Threatening Liberal Democracies
Since Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, the norms of diplomacy and international relations that many had considered settled have been revisited and redefined. Among the more striking examples are the...