[dropcap size=small]A s the United States adopts new strategy vis-à-vis Iran, senior officials in Tehran are desperately seeking a new life-rope. With Obama and his appeasement gone, Iran is also sensing how Europe is…
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[dropcap size=small]T here have been varying reactions to the ‘Permanent Structured Cooperation’ or ‘PESCO’; from Frederica Mogherini (the EU’s foreign and defence policy chief) hailing it as ‘historic’, to Nick Whitney describing…
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D etained for a crime he did not commit. Kept in a police cell for 13 days without giving a statement. Every day, severely beaten and verbally abused. Every day, taken to…
[dropcap size=small]On the 17th of November, the EU member states met in Gothenburg, Sweden for a social summit. Even though the member states agreed upon a so-called 'European pillar of social rights,' outlining several…
T he Middle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent — with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including…
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T orture and ill-treatment, predominantly towards those accused of political crimes, is not a new phenomenon in Turkey. Several organisations have documented such abuses in the past.
Then a promise of ‘zero…
S ince 2015, the European Union (EU) has been discussing the idea of creating a European Security and Defence Union (ESDU).
Although details are scarce, this means deepening cooperation between EU member states in…
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S ince it took power in 1979, the Iranian regime has been seeking relentlessly to impose its Shiite ideology…
T here’s never a good time for a feeding frenzy to break over a political system, but it is difficult to envisage many worse times for the British parliament and government than now.
The…