Josh Kitto / 06 Mar 2019
The Declining Appeal of Brexit
Labour’s Struggle With Remain
The worst thing about the 2016 EU referendum wasn’t its outcome. It was the sense of claustrophobia it gave Britain.(...)
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Johannes Simon / 27 Feb 2019
Back in Their Tanks Again
Germany and Its Military
In a widely noticed speech at the 2014 Munich Security Conference, President Joachim Gauck called on Germany to play a more “active” role in the world. This would include “not to say ‘no’ on principle” to military interventions.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 08 Feb 2019
The Palestine Problem
A Progressive Jewish View of the EU
“Israel is outraged over the legislation against it in the Dail which is indicative of hypocrisy and anti-Semitism.” That was the statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lower house of the Irish parliament advanced a bill in late January that would make it illegal for anyone in Ireland to buy goods or services from Israel’s settlements in the West Bank.(...)