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EU Enlargement: What Does the Future Hold?
To “widen” or to “deepen”. This has been one of the longstanding dilemmas throughout European Union (EU) history, and a perennial sticking point in the ...
Key Points of Illegal Immigration in the United States and Europe – An Interview with Ruben Pulido
Massive illegal immigration has been one of the major issues of the 21st century, both in the United States and in Europe. Especially, since 2015 ...
NatCon Conference in Brussels: Freedom of Speech Banned then Authorized
Controversial keynote speakers, strange happenings, a police raid and an overzealously anti-conservative mayor were the hottest ingredients of the NatCon conference, organized by the American ...
Elections in the United States and India: Both Might Tip the International Balance of Power
Two elections this year may shift the triangular balance of power between China, India and the US. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to ...
Zelensky Forever?
On 19 April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky made history with his unlikely win in the Ukrainian presidential elections. Interestingly, Moscow trusted him to improve relations between ...
From Jokowi to Prabowo: What to Expect from Indonesia’s New President
Subianto Prabowo has won the Indonesian presidential elections, ensuring the continuity of strongman politics in the regional middle power. Although president Joko Widodo is stepping down ...
The European Parliament Could be the Biggest Obstacle to Reelection of Ursula von der Leyen
In just a few weeks, voters in the 27 EU countries will go to the polls again after five years to decide the composition of ...
“There is No Military Solution Between Kosovo and Serbia” – A Report from the Budapest Balkans Forum
“What we have to think about is what is the purpose of such a common European force. If it is defined, then anything can be ...
MCC Brussels Conference: Is Europe’s Future Populist?
Populism is one of the most used political terms in the last twenty years, and it has had diverse implications and objections. Since the crisis ...
The Moral Side of the Arms Trade
“By many countries, the arms are bought for defense – if that were true, they wouldn’t need any weapons. If my neighbor buys weapons, therefore ...