Beyond securitisation in the Sahel
The political response to the migrant crisis that has captivated Europe in recent months has centered mostly on migrant flows from the Middle East…
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Managing Europe’s external borders
At present, the responsibility for protecting the external borders of the European Union rests squarely on the frontline states, namely Spain, Italy, Malta, and…
A new deal on EU burden-sharing
Large scale refugee flows into the EU are the new normal. Though the numbers tailed off somewhat over the winter from their peak in…
What Turkey thinks of Europe
How to re-energise Turkey-EU relations in an era of global risk and uncertainty
View from Sofia: Little overlap, little opposition
With Bulgaria mulling a realignment towards the Visegrad group, there is no intention of blocking Britain's renegotiation
The Refugee Crisis as a Global Humanitarian Challenge
The ongoing refugee crisis should not be understood as a specifically European problem
View from Rome: A common policy still required
Nascent resentment is building in Italy over the lack of burden sharing
View from Stockholm: Sweden’s own sexual harassment case
In parallel to Cologne, Sweden's own sexual harassment scandal threatens to benefit the Sweden Democrats
View from Berlin: Days of disillusionment
After Cologne, reducing immigrant numbers and progress on intergration key for Merkel in 2016
View from London: Eurosceptics on the up
Cologne attacks embolden UK's eurosceptic forces ahead of British EU referendum