by Henry Newman
Shortly after Theresa May triggered Article 50, Angela Merkel gave a response. Her comments on the UK-EU negotiations are already being over-interpreted. Sky News, AFP, the Mirror, the Independent and many others are…
F or much of Russian history, political change was largely accompanied by public protests and demonstrations. And with a meager record of free and fair elections, political dissent and public discontent has usually been…
I ran’s oppressive regime has a history of clamping down on parties. With authorities shutting down get-togethers and arresting those in attendance, this brutal practice continued throughout the month of March and has in…
by James Bartholomeusz
The European Commission laid out five different post-Brexit scenarios in its latest White Paper. But the way towards a deeper and closer integration project cannot overlook the EU’s demos
From today’s perspective, the fate…
by Stefan Lehne
The European mind is closing amid a host of real, exaggerated, and imagined fears. Old narratives for European unity are disappearing, replaced by blame of the EU for insecurity and interference. Europeans increasingly…
by Joop Hazenberg
European leaders breathed a sigh of relief at the Dutch election results. Nevertheless the results are a sign of the ongoing crisis of Western democracy.
The Dutch parliamentary election of 2017 has exposed…
T ensions are intensifying quickly in Iranian politics. Recent comments by senior U.S. officials, such as Ambassador Nikki Haley and CENTCOM chief General Joseph Votel, explaining the threats posed by Tehran have resulted in an intensified domestic political…
by JUDY DEMPSEY
The Netherlands’ pro-European prime minister has secured an important election victory, but not without pandering to the far Right.
After a campaign so often shamefully marked by anti-Islam, anti-Turkey, and anti-immigration rhetoric, the Dutch…
by Kathrin Glastra & Anna Leidreiter
Key insights and policy recommendations for decisionmakers on local, national and European level from a study tour to the North Sea region.
The EU´s ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package which is currently…
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by Henryk M. Broder
BERLIN — The two-state-solution is not, as most of us would think, a new idea. It is…