Europe

Macron’s Election and the Challenges He Faces

Tue, 23/05/2017 - 07:12
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Tue, 23/05/2017
Macron’s Election


By Dr. Tsilla Hershco 
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 473

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Emmanuel Macron’s election as France’s president by an impressive majority was met by widespread relief in most of the EU countries and in the western world. It would be a mistake, however, to ignore the deep divisions in French society that the election revealed.

How Kosovo Poisoned America's Relationship with Russia

Mon, 22/05/2017 - 06:56
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Mon, 22/05/2017
F-117 Kosovo

Ted Galen Carpenter
Washington, DC perpetuated and deepened its Balkan blunder a few years after the Bosnia intervention when it intervened in Kosovo. Civil strife in Serbia’s restless, predominantly Albanian province, simmered and then flared in the mid-and late-1990s.

GGP: THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICS OF NATURAL GAS IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

Mon, 22/05/2017 - 06:48
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Mon, 22/05/2017
BLACK SEA REGION

 
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Theresa May and the Rise of the Brexiteers

Wed, 29/03/2017 - 07:36
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Wed, 29/03/2017
Union Jack

The path out of from the European Union is marred with parliamentary battles and legal challenges.
Ted R. Bromund
When British prime minister Theresa May triggers Article 50 on Wednesday, the clock starts ticking on Britain’s exit from the European Union. Barring an extension of the exit negotiations—which would require a unanimous vote of all EU members—Britain will be out on March 30, 2019, deal or no deal.

Europe's Turkish Awakening

Sat, 18/03/2017 - 08:35
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Sat, 18/03/2017
Europe's Turkish Awakening

by Burak Bekdil
The Gatestone Institute
Dutch police contain a riot that broke out in Rotterdam on March 11 when pro-Erdogan crowds violently protested the Dutch government's refusal of entry to Turkish government ministers.
Turkey, officially, is a candidate for full membership in the European Union. It is also negotiating with Brussels a deal that would allow millions of Turks to travel to Europe without visa. 

Erdogan and EU Go Off Rails – a Plague on Both Their Houses

Sat, 18/03/2017 - 08:29
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Sat, 18/03/2017
Erdogan EU

 FINIAN CUNNINGHAM 
The extraordinary war of words erupting between Turkey and the European Union is pushing already strained relations to breaking point. Ankara has banned all Dutch diplomats from its territory after the Netherlands banished Turkish ministers from holding political rallies, while deploying heavy-handed policing to break up the rallies.

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