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Europe’s Far-Right Goes to the Beach
In the summer of 2017, members of European far-right movements will be travelling to the Mediterranean Sea.…
How a Social Media Star Serves as Putin’s Secret Weapon
Since the age of 30, Ramzan Kadyrov has led the Chechen Republic with carte blanche from Moscow. Excessive,…
Nine Years of Frozen Conflict: Opinions from the Former…
Nearly a decade ago in August 2008, Russia shocked the international community by sending troops to support South…
Attack after Attack, a Scared Europe: What now?
What it feels like to be living in Europe:
Our newly militarized narrow streets echo with the…
Brexit Through the Gift Shop
In just mere weeks the world will be a year removed from being helpless bystanders as the British people…
U.K. General Election 2017: Historic, But Historically…
“Not another one!” exclaimed Brenda from Bristol. Captured in a viral video, this reaction was in response to…
Macron: We Dodged a Bullet, Now Let’s Prevent…
The world took a sigh of relief as a young new leader emerged from the 2017 French presidential election: Emmanuel…
To Merkel, or not to Merkel? One Last Test for the…
Germany’s Federal election, which will be held in September 2017, stands as the next political test for the…
Another Page in Russia and LGBTQ Rights: The Chechnya…
Accusations of human rights abuses are nothing new to Russia and most recently, the situation has reached an…
Et Après? France Has Spoken, What’s Next?
The centre has prevailed in France, having just elected moderate and pro-EU centrist, Emmanuel Macron, as president…
Macron’s Victory Won’t Thwart Populist…
At a quiet dinner hosted by former presidential aide Jacques Attali in 2008, then Socialist Party First Secretary…
The Petrodollar Regime is Crumbling, but How Will the…
The global energy market is undergoing a rapid transformation in favour of unconventionally-sourced oil and…