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...
Through the Looking Glass – ASEAN-EU Relations in a New Era
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit last October marked the 40th anniversary of the formal relations between the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The biennial event, which gathered...
Actually a European Army Could Be in the UK’s Post-Brexit Interest
Back in 2016, during the campaign leading up to the United Kingdom’s referendum on EU membership, The Guardian published an article entitled “Is there a secret plan to create an EU army?” The article addressed Eurosceptic claims...
Whatever Happens, the EU Must Respect the Spitzenkandidat Process
As elections for the European Parliament are now less than 6 months away, Brussels is buzzing with the question that everyone wants answered: who will be the next President of the European Commission? With the center right...
Europe and the Day After the INF Treaty
In 1977, the Soviet Union deployed in its western territories the SS-20 Saber, an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead and the capacity to reach Western Europe. The move precipitated an arms race and arms...