The defeat of the political establishment in this election. Ostracised by other parties, the Communists have not taken part in any of the post-communist era governments at the national level.
Their stances--an anti-NATO rhetoric…
A cross Russia, millions stare at their television sets, mouths agape. In a shocking turn of events, president Vladimir Putin has called it quits — despite what seemed like another likely run and another…
F ifty years ago, a fierce war between Israel and its neighbours changed the map of the Middle East and transformed Israeli politics and its relations with the wider world.
The effects of that Six-Day…
I n mid-September, together with former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs at the German Bundestag Marieluis Beck, and former US Ambassador to NATO Alexander Versbow, I…
T he Catalan government is determined to go through with its plans to hold an independence referendum. With the country on the verge of a constitutional crisis, a negotiated solution becomes crucial.
On 1 October,…
T he referendum in Kurdistan on Kurdish independence from Iraq has, to say the least, stoked anxiety in regional and international capitals as to what comes next.
Secession would threaten the legitimacy of Iraq’s territorial integrity,…
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A ccording to Reuters, Donald Tramp, the US president is assessing a new strategy against Iran-backed forces in Iraq…
P eople have been seriously talking for decades about a two-state solution that has not yet materialized, which makes it easy to declare its death.
That it is dead is a fallacy; the parties can…
R ainy days started but hey, it’s Friday and Brussels offers a variety of ways to stay entertained and happy. Last weekend we enjoyed the visiting Brussels Gallery Weekend and exploring some of the…