View from Berlin: A security lens
Berlin looks at Europe's problems through the prism of security far more than they are usually given credit for
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View from London: Ammunition for ‘Out’
The terrorist attacks in Brussels were immediately picked up by the 'Out' campaign, but the government is promising European cooperation
View from Paris: On a martial footing
France is 'at war' with terrorists, but the government faces the prospect of being rhetorically outgunned by the opposition
View from Rome: The possibility of a “European” Islam
Italy's government has called for the “europeanisation” of intelligence, but is exploring more cultural answers to the terrorism problem
Shrinking the use of power: the ‘Obama Doctrine’
Obama’s end-of-term interview with the Atlantic points to a spent US with a domestic focus
View from Madrid: About turn
The minority caretaker government of Mariano Rajoy has been forced into a volte-face on the EU-Turkey deal by a hostile parliament
Turkey’s end of the refugee bargain
Turkey will endeavour to keep to its side of the bargain, but is facing substantial pressure both military and humanitarian
The limited avenues of internationalisation
The European response to the Syrian refugee crisis to date has been characterised by short-term and reactive measures. But this is going to be…
A broader watchfulness
While Syrians currently account for almost 20 percent of the 60 million refugees and IDPs worldwide, they are by no means the only ones…
How migration flows are changing
Migration from the Middle East and Africa to Europe has various drivers, but the conflicts in this part of the world accounts for the…