In addition to the UK, France also had some measured expectations for help from Germany, even though it has long been frustrated by Berlin’s disinclination to use force in international disputes.
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Depending on its nature, the ruling coalition that results from the Spanish election is likely to tilt the balance toward one of two strategies from Catalan secessionists.
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Fallout from the Paris attacks is likely to exacerbate concerns around the hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe from Syria.
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Today Libya is more open to the kind of violence witnessed in mid-October during a protest in Benghazi, especially given the increasing number of weapons and munitions available in the country.
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Claims by the Spanish government that an independent Catalonia would find itself outside the EU–backed by the institutions of the EU itself–have no doubt given a significant number of Catalans pause.
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While the issue of migration flows is a multidimensional challenge, perhaps it is time to launch a global campaign to change the toxic narrative and stigma around migration.
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What is desperately missing from Cyprus’s peace process is the capacity to explore areas of radical disagreement creatively, particularly in terms of creating a strategic link between the societal dialogue and UN-led elite negotiations.
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The Greek crisis is not only an economic one; the terms and likely consequences of an agreement reached on July 13 to avoid a so-called “Grexit” from the eurozone are highly political.
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Many of the migrants who attempt to cross the Mediterranean come from the Sahel, but the region’s governments have mostly been silent on the shipwrecks.
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Ideally, further EU reforms aimed at stopping deaths in the Mediterranean could be combined with efforts to address the root causes of asylum seekers taking to the seas in the first place, largely through a UN-backed dialogue aimed at resolving the Libyan crisis.