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What the Schrems II Decision Means for the Future of the EU-US Alliance
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two...
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Dec 7, 20205 min read


A Bad Influence: Erdogan’s Problematic European Friendships
Throughout his prominence in Turkish politics, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, now the nation’s president, has raised eyebrows more than a few...
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Oct 28, 20185 min read


Let Africa Develop! The David and Goliath of Modern Trade
In December 2015, the German newspaper Die Zeit published a feature story titled “One man picks against Europe.” Kojo Ebeneku, the tragic...
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Oct 18, 20184 min read


Left Behind: The Demise of Germany’s Center-Left
In the German federal elections this past September, the country’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) received only 20.5 percent of the...
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Mar 5, 20184 min read


The Elgin Marbles and Brexit: Should the Cultural Meddle in the Political?
No other ancient artifact has been the subject of more intense, decades-long international debate than the Elgin Marbles. Since the 1980s...
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Nov 4, 20174 min read


Brexit’s Borderlands: What Leaving the EU Will Mean for Peace in Northern Ireland
When former British Prime Minister David Cameron urged his countrymen not to vote to leave the EU and raised the specter of war in a...
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Nov 1, 20177 min read


Serbian Subversion: How the European Union is Failing in the Balkans
In the 25 years since war engulfed the Balkans, the region has reached a peaceful, if somewhat tense, equilibrium. War criminals have...
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May 11, 20177 min read


The Ambrosian Appeal: Milan’s Post-Brexit Chance
After the UK’s decision to leave the European Union last June, it became clear that London risked losing its status as Europe’s major...
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Apr 19, 20177 min read


Blair and Brexit: Renewing the Labour Party
Prior to the Brexit referendum, the Remain camp was led by Britain’s foremost politicians. Now, it is a ship without a captain. The...
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Mar 11, 20177 min read


CETA: A Trade Deal’s Success in the Face of Populism
On October 30, as the leaders of the European Union and Canada met to sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA),...
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Dec 6, 20166 min read


Tyranny in Britain
“We’re out.” With this laconic declaration, the Daily Mail delivered Friday’s simple, momentous truth to a polarized Britain; the torrent...
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Jul 23, 20167 min read


Get Smart, Europe: Intelligence Failure and the Terrorist Threat
In the wake of the March terrorist attacks on Brussels, which killed 32 civilians and injured more than 300 at the city’s airport and at...
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Apr 27, 20165 min read


The Rosewood Fasces: Brussels, Bratislava, and the Vapidity of European Social-Democracy
In many ways, the political landscape in Eastern Europe is still getting its bearings after the fall of Warsaw-pact regimes in 1989-91....
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Apr 20, 20167 min read


PiS’d Off: Why Eastern Europe’s most successful democracy is backsliding
In a protest about the Eastern Bloc’s future, the public station Polskie Radio wasn’t just handing out tote bags. The station played the...
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Mar 17, 20167 min read


Anti-Snowden Sentiment Thaws in Europe
On October 29, the European Parliament voted on a resolution encouraging member states to offer asylum to Edward Snowden, the former...
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Nov 20, 20155 min read


Merkel’s Migrant Crisis
Since January, an estimated 710,000 migrants and refugees have entered the European Union. This number is about two and a half times the...
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Nov 2, 20156 min read


Preserving Power for Power
In July, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proclaimed a desire to “preserve Europe for Europeans.” During the ensuing months, he...
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Oct 16, 20154 min read


Outcast: Georgia’s Continued Obstacles to EU Membership
In March, the Republic of Georgia took a considerable step forward on the road to full membership in the European Union. The country...
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Jul 15, 20154 min read


Hellenic Bells
On January 25th, Greece headed to the polls and gave an astounding victory to Syriza in what might constitute the biggest slap in the...
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Mar 12, 20155 min read


Stranger On Our Shores
According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read
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