Head Bites Tail?
On March 31, Ukraine will hold its first presidential elections since 2014, the year in which the Maidan revolution plunged the country into years...
Turkish Drone Diplomacy: From Ethiopian Highlands to Ukrainian Trenches
Despite being affected by a chronic economic crisis, Ankara has tremendously increased its investments to support a burgeoning domestic arms industry. This development has...
Secessionist Tendencies in Bosnia – The Beginning of the End for the Bosnian Entities?
At a party conference in 2015 the President of the tiny Republika Srpska (RS) announced a referendum on the independence of this Bosnian entity....
Fortress Europe: Exporting an inhumane border regime
Despite a globalized world that seems to be growing ever smaller and increasingly interconnected, more and more borders are being constructed and fortified. What...
The Church of Contradictions: a Review of Pope Francis’ Five Year Tenure
This March marks five years since Pope Francis’ 2013 election, inheriting what the Washington Post called an “office demystified by scandal.” The Catholic Church’s...
Democratic Values? France’s Double Standards in the Ivorian Political Crisis
Unconstitutionally extending presidential terms is a common practice in African politics. Between 1995 and 2015, twenty-three heads of states reached their term limits and...
Rerouting to Europe
By: Julia Hütter (Guest Writer)
The western Mediterranean sea route, which begins in Morocco and leads migrants on their perilous journey to Spain, has recently...
Via the EU: European Accession Talks in North Macedonia and Ukraine
On her official visit to Kyiv on June 8, 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that “we are with you...
Fractured Columns in the European Security Architecture
Security experts from around Europe sparred on the meaning and necessity of the OSCE at today’s DASICON panel, “The OSCE in the European Security...
Polish-Polish War: The Thing About Unstoppable Divison
In 2016, the Polish singer Maria Peszek sang that when it comes to Polish society, “everything divides us, nothing connects us,” and she described...