Scottish Elections and the Question of Independence
The question of Scottish independence continues to evolve as the U.K. sees new political dynamics, the oil question ferments, and Scottish people reconsider their role within Europe.
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She Never Came Home: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children
Since 2022, thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred from occupied territories into Russia that officials describe as humanitarian evacuation but investigators increasingly characterize as abduction and forced assimiliation.
Between Settlement and Emergency: The Post-2022 Ukrainian Diaspora
The interaction of the Ukrainian diaspora, the Church, and the Russian-Ukrainian War.
The Decline of Trans-Atlantic Defense: Europe’s Reckoning with the Trump Administration
As American security guarantees appear less certain, Europe is forced to confront the consequences of decades of military dependence amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Internal divisions, cautious economic policy, and slow defence reform raise a deeper question: can Europe credibly deter aggression without the backbone of the trans-Atlantic alliance?
Georgia’s Last Stand: Poets, Protesters, and the Fight Against Russian Rule
On July 22, 1937, at the height of Stalin’s Great Purge, the poet Paolo Iashvili walked into the Writer’s House in Tbilisi, now a sanctuary for Georgia’s literary elite, then a courtroom of fear. The authorities had declared writers must…
A House on Fire: Russia’s Oligarchy Today
As Russian forces poured into Ukraine in March 2022, Italian authorities seized the world’s second-largest superyacht in the port of Trieste––a $578 million vessel owned by Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who built his fortune through ownership of Russia’s largest coal…
Never Again is Right Now: The Rise of the AFD in Germany
“Faschisten sind keine alternative für Deutschland.” Fascists are not an alternative for Germany. “Kein platz für nazis.” No place for Nazis. “Nie wieder ist genau jetzt.” Never again is right now. From Berlin to Munich and from Hamburg to Dresden,…
Shuttered Consulates: The Impact of Ambassador Expulsions
The West Bank’s setting sun painted long shadows on the ground as Husam Zomlot, the de facto Palestinian ambassador to the United States, stood on the balcony of his family home in Ramallah and gazed over the undulating hills. The…