Research Area | Vocal Europe

What Europe Can learn from America’s Immigration System

23/02/2018 Inside Europe

[authorbox authorid="47" title="The Author"] [toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler] M igration—mass movements of the desperate and the dispossessed from north and central Africa, from Syria-Iraq’s…

French politician Laurent Wauquiez is a rushed version of Donald Trump

23/02/2018 Inside Europe

Richard Senneville

[authorbox authorid="65" title="The Author"] A merican journalist and satirist H. L. Mencken said: "The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he thinks to be idiots". Since the election…

Digital — a game changer in the Western Balkans

22/02/2018 Business, Western Balkans

Milena Harito

T he 6 February 2018 in the new the European Commission strategy for the Western Balkans, for the first time since the first steps of this region towards EU, the digital agenda became central.…

Could Corsica become France’s Catalonia?

19/02/2018 Inside Europe

Xavier Ruiz Trullols

[authorbox authorid="79" title="The Author"] C orsica’s relationship with mainland France hasn’t always been easy. Proud of its distinctive language, culture and history, Corsicans have repeatedly asked for more autonomy from Paris. For four decades the…

Monday Talks on EU Foreign Policy Achievements in 2017 and the Challenges in 2018

19/02/2018 Inside Europe

Ebubekir ISIK

A s part of our Monday Talks series, we have hosted Steven Blockmans and Stefan Lehne to discuss the EU's foreign policy achievements in 2017 and the challenges that the EU foreign policy is to…

The Takeaway From Israel’s Argument With Poland

16/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Israel

Vocal Europe

T he Israeli government got into a diplomatic disagreement with the Polish government this week after the former registered its displeasure with the latter’s initial approval of a bill exculpating Poland and Poles from…

The Battle of Murmansk: A tale of corporate conflict in Russia’s Arctic

16/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia

Vocal Europe

[dropcap size=small]A padlock stuck on a railroad switch was enough to block Murmansk’s oil terminal for about seven hours, one of the latest episodes of a bizarre corporate conflict in one of the world’s…

EU-passports as a possibility of integration for the refugees

13/02/2018 Inside Europe

Vladan Lausevic

[authorbox authorid="67" title="The Author"] T he idea of the EU-passport is not a silver bullet solution but could actually make a larger difference for many people. Since the beginning of 90’s the freedom of movement…

Long way to common European Security and Defence

13/02/2018 Inside Europe

Vocal Europe

O n 14-15 February, 2018 NATO Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels again to discuss the main threats the world faces nowadays. NATO consists of 29 member states but 22 of them are simultaneously…

Why the collision between Israel and Iran could lead to a new war front in the Middle East

12/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran, Israel

Peter De Roover

[authorbox authorid="78" title="The Author"] E arly February I took part in a parliamentary mission to Israel. Not even a week later, Israel and Iran clashed for the first time at the Syrian border, which we…