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The Rise of the Left in Britain

The past six months have been highly eventful for British politics. After the elections in May, which saw the re-election Läs mer

Evolution, Not Revolution, Is the Way to Save Ukraine, Says Leading Anti-Corruption Crusader

Russian President Vladimir Putin is pivoting and wants to withdraw from the Donbas but keep Crimea, according to Iegor Soboliev, Läs mer

Hungary’s Gazprom Renegotiation and the Decline of Traditional Contracts

Since it was signed in 1996, the Panrusgáz contract with Russia has dictated the structure of Hungary’s natural gas market. Läs mer

The Donbas Black Hole

What Russia hoped would be a small, victorious war has turned into the ”geostrategic disaster of a new Läs mer

Portugal’s Election: Reforms Pay Off

Portugal’s recent elections revealed that harsh reforms can have a payoff for serious political parties.

Incumbent center-right coalition Portugal Läs mer

Letter from Strasbourg (Part One): French Defense Priorities and Capabilities

NATO is past the half-way mark between last September’s Wales Summit and the Warsaw Summit planned for next July. So Läs mer

How Can We Bridge Automaking Standards for Growth?

20151006 econographics

The recent Volkswagen scandal has refocused consumers on automaking standards and CO2 emissions. These differences have also been one of Läs mer

Don’t Blame the Oligarchs: Why Have Ukraine’s Cultural Reforms Gone Nowhere?

The demonizing of Ukrainian oligarchs as major impediments to democratization and reform has become a shared mantra of Western and Läs mer

A ’New Normal’ for NATO and Baltic Sea Security

It might appear natural that focus on Baltic Sea security would have come quickly for NATO after the Russian annexation Läs mer