View from Warsaw: Keeping a low profile
With a worsening international reputation, Poland has been strikingly quiet on the recent refugee deal
Programme entry
Obama’s Syria failure is a perfect case study in how bad foreign policy is made
The lesson is that even a president who has shown extraordinary awareness that the “Washington playbook” frequently dictates unwise military interventions often feels forced to compromise his policy
View from Sofia: Geography lessons
The closure of the Aegean route for migrants may put new pressure on the Bulgarian border
View from Paris: A marginalised voice
France remains hugely concerned by visa liberalisation on Turkey, as deal exposes Franco-German fractures
View from London: A victory for British logic
The new focus on outsourcing and readmission may tick the boxes needed for London to strengthen its involvement
View from Berlin: The morning after the night before
The Chancellor remains committed to the deal, despite the headline-grabbing electoral performance of anti-immigration rivals
View from Rome: Don’t forget the Adriatic route
Italy looks set to support the deal, but is nervous about a new influx of migrants from Greece
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…