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The Ceuta Border Crisis is About Geopolitics, Not Just Migration
According to a European Parliament resolution adopted in June 2021, Moroccan police temporarily eased controls at the border of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave of about ...
The Dilemma of the European Centrists
Across Europe, support for traditional center parties is declining as more voters choose far-right politicians, particularly in response to economic stagnation and immigration pressures. The ...
Please Update After Restart – A New Hungarian Foreign Policy Communication
Before the elections in April, Hungarian politics were on the homepages of news websites all over the world. Peter Magyar and his TISZA party have ...
The Ceuta Border Incident Shows How EU Migration Can Be ‘Weaponised’ – But Overall Levels are Declining
It took one night in Ceuta to end a relatively quiet summer on Europe’s southern border. Over 70,000 people entered the Spanish enclave from Morocco ...
The EU Has Fined Google a Billion Dollars for Ignoring Competition Rules – but Will it Have Any Effect?
The European Commission’s decision to fine Google €890 million (US$1 billion) for failing to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act sounds like a significant ...
What Makes Small Island States More Democratic?
Small island states tend to be democracies because their small population size and geographical insularity create close links between citizens and politicians, foster strong community cohesion, ...
Berlin Pride: ISIS Still Inspires Terrorism in Europe – but Who Carries Out These Attacks?
On Sunday, July 26, German police shot dead the suspected perpetrator of a car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march, which had left one dead and ...
Putin Under Pressure but History Tells Us Most Russian Leaders Die with Their Boots On
Russia’s war against Ukraine is not going according to Vladimir Putin’s original plan. The Russian president’s initial strategy called for the war to be won ...
EU Enlargement in a Time of Urgency
Thirteen years after Croatia’s accession, the bloc’s last new member, EU enlargement is moving from rhetoric towards serious action. At a recent summit in Tivat, ...
Andy Burnham is the Labour Leader – Third Time Lucky for the UK’s Prime Minister‑in‑Waiting
The article was written before Andy Burnham’s July 20 appointment as Prime Minister. Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. ...











