The new quid pro quo seems to be, ‘take our asylum seekers and we’ll consider you for EU entry’, a completely deplorable stance. Andi Hoxhaj is a lecturer in law at King’s College London. Cross-posted [...]
In our lifetime in the West we have never been confronted with such a massive onslaught on truth by corporate and state media as the authoritarian liberal political class enters its current crisis. At the [...]
The opposition forces’ ability to maintain unity will be critical in the transition to a post-Assad Syria. Sefa Secen is Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies at Nazareth University Cross-posted from Counterpunch Raqqa – [...]
A no-confidence vote triggered by a dispute over the French budget has led to the collapse of the country’s government. France’s fiscal challenges offer important lessons for the rest of Europe. Camilla Locatelli is a Postdoctoral [...]
The United States today faces inherent challenges that have weakened the republic, making lessons from the Roman Republic even more necessary to avoid greater political instability. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in [...]
The US has scored a victory, but it’s going to have a hard time giving credibility to its new proxy. Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be [...]
Recent precedents in the Middle East for what happens after a dictator is overthrown are not good. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest book, “Muhammad: [...]
Tunisia, where the Arab Spring begun, is now in the hands of another strong man who the EU has no problem dealing with. Severine Sajous studied linguistics at the Paul Valery University of Montpellier. She worked as an [...]
After more than a decade of civil war, it looks like a group the US calls terrorists are taking over Kelley Beaucar Vlahos is Editorial Director of Responsible Statecraft and Senior Advisor at the Quincy [...]
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“THE STATE OF THE UNION”
Together with Conter, BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be presenting a series of interviews in the run-up to the EU parliamentary election to be held on 6 to 9 of June.
The series entitled "The State of the Union" will featrue leading thinkers concerning the EU:
16 May: Tara McCormack - "The militarisation of the EU"
7pm CET
Book Review by Geoffrey Roberts Van Jackson’s Grand Strategies of the Left (2024) delineates three varieties of ‘progressive worldmaking’, each of which aspires to reshape the context that gives rise to traditional security problems in [...]
