Rolling Out the Red Carpet: Iran’s Reintegration in the Global Arena Natalie LaMarche Feb 12, 2016 European countries have laid out the red carpet to welcome back an old counterpart into their states for the first…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and the European Migrant Crisis Kathryn Schmidt Feb 8, 2016 Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
Middle of the Pole: Justyna Zajac Explains Poland’s Place in the EU, part 1 Max Segal Jan 25, 2016 I sat down in my home of Washington, DC with George Washington University’s visiting political science professor…
Brussels Paying the Price for Complacence – Freedom of Media in Poland Alexander Sirois Jan 19, 2016 Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw - all are major Polish cities that saw protests on Saturday held to protect freedom of…
No End in Sight: The Syrian Conflict in 2016 Abdalla Saleh Jan 16, 2016 Once magnificent cities now lying in ruins. Wailing mothers, holding lifeless infants to their chests. Ghastly …
The Reasons Behind the Ploy: The EU Turkey Summit Francesca Wallace Dec 21, 2015 On November 29th, the European Union (EU) signed a deal with Turkey regarding the waves of Syrian and other…
How Europe’s ‘Other Half’ Handles Refugees Nicholas Buhne Dec 5, 2015 Is an old divide being given a new face in Europe? It can certainly seem that way when looking at the very public…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP Kathryn Schmidt Nov 25, 2015 The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
At the Root of the European Refugee Crisis: An issue of European Identity? Madeleine Nicoloff Nov 9, 2015 Decrepit conditions, fences being raised, police taking up batons- the reaction of certain European countries…
Russia and the Baltics: Hard Choices – Finland and NATO Nicholas Buhne Nov 3, 2015 “Finland should think of the consequences, if it ponders joining NATO. It must ask, could joining start World War…