A Land Swap in the Former Yugoslavia Must Be Considered
The dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s marked the worst bout of bloodshed seen in Europe since the Second World War. The continued tension between Serbia and Kosovo is one of the last remaining major conflict in the Western...
Mein Gott! Would Germany Build a Bomb?
In August 2018, an article was published in The National Interest suggesting that Germany should develop its own nuclear arsenal. Since the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, the idea of Germany developing its own, or a...
Steve Bannon and the European Union: Why Winning in Europe Won’t Be Easy
Steve Bannon, one of the main orchestrators of Donald Trump’s successful 2016 presidential campaign, announced that his new plan is to establish political operations in Europe. This, he claims, is an effort to support and unite...
Harmonization Asylum Policies in Europe: Saving Lives by Fixing a Deficient System
Ever since the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, the topics of asylum, international protection, and irregular immigration have been at the forefront of the European Union’s political debates. Recently, tensions in the rhetoric...
A Fresh Foreign Policy Vision Is Vital in Brexit Britain
Since 1945, Britain has successfully charted a deliberate, principled path on the world stage, helping to deliver, through NATO, the longest period of peace in Europe in living memory. Beyond defence and security, Britain has led...
Dissecting Russian Organized Crime and the State
The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti Yale University Press, 2018 The discovery of more than 850 pounds of cocaine on the grounds of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires and the 2018 arrests of multiple people involved...
A Response to Germany’s Austerity
The European Union (EU) is at a crossroads, with increased economic inequality across the member states having the potential to further break apart the EU. Germany has a unique opportunity to step up, and fight this fracturing....
Economic Policy Challenges for the Next Italian Government
With low growth, crippling public debt, and chronic unemployment, Italy checks all the boxes for a major financial crisis. However, with the right economic policies, the next coalition government can turn Italy around and make...
Critically Assessing the “Smart City”
The phrase “smart city” is on the lips of urban planners and policy makers everywhere in recent months. Cities from London and Barcelona to Hangzhou and Rio de Janeiro are being hailed as “smart,” “wired,” and “networked” with...
NATO’s New Cold War: A Nuclear Arms Race in US-Russian relations
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the world’s most effective collective defense alliance, playing a fundamental role in the structure of transatlantic security. For the United States, NATO ultimately proved...