With just a few days left before the French Presidential election, many are anxious to see whether the wave of nationalist populism seen in the United States and across Europe will bring Marine Le Pen and her National Front (NF) to power. French elections do not usually garner such global
On April 6, 1917, the US Congress declared war on the German Empire, officially entering World War I and injecting fresh bodies, capital and resources into European trenches. Three days before on April 3, President Woodrow Wilson, finally reversing his position after three years of
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian citizens found themselves in a completely transformed and alien environment. At first glance, the new capitalistic freedoms seemed alluring, but Russians were soon disillusioned by the arrival of gangs and increased criminal activities. Factories tied
In late August I woke up at 5am to go jogging before my bike ride through empty streets to the office. The sun had already painted one side of the horizon in pastel and the other side with burning orange. This picturesque scene undergoes a
Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes; the International Criminal Court (ICC) is charged with the heavy burden of trying to adjudicate some of the most horrific human acts imaginable. Whether justice can be found in such senseless violence is an unresolved question, nonetheless the ICC
Since the end of 2014, Europe has experienced an increased influx of irregular migrants matched only by migration flows during the Second World War and post-war period. European countries are struggling to handle incoming irregular migrants in an appropriate manner. However, with more than a
As I am writing these words, the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is the European Union’s (EU) diplomatic department, and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative) are working on the final details of the EU Global Strategy that is
Rome was not built in a day, the saying goes. Yet the idea of a rapid “fall of Rome” seems to be commonly accepted: non-Roman barbarian “others,” taking advantage of Roman weakness, pouring across the borders and tearing down civilization, leaving Europe in a cultural
No matter where you look, from shocking pictures and TV reports to newspapers and radio, the current influx of refugees from the Middle East to Europe is a difficult topic to escape from. No one knows what to do, yet everyone in Brussels seems to
