Category: Europe
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Zelensky’s Visit, “Kossuth Mania,” and America’s Altered Foreign Policy Debate
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress Wednesday night saw the leader receive a standing ovation roughly once every ninety seconds. The enthusiasm brought to mind a similar episode 171 years ago: a visit by Hungarian revolutionary Lajos Kossuth. Kossuth had led Hungary during its brief independence from Austria in 1848. After his defeat and…
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Empty Words Are Evil: The Rumblings of a European War in the Aegean Sea
By Lake Dodson // Hiding under the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the two ancient rival states, Greece and Turkey, have been inciting each other towards another European war.
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Lost Futures: Sweden Joins NATO, and the Left Loses a Western Alternative
By Noah Schwartz // For decades, the Swedish and Western social democratic left have strove for a non-aligned social democratic regime in the vein of Palme’s Sweden.Now the Western Left will have to create its own future instead of looking toward Sweden.
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The United States’ Counter-Productive Foreign Policy in Ukraine
By Johnny B. Davis // The United States needs a strategic reevaluation of its Russia policy. Russia is wrong to engage in war aggression against Ukraine. Still, the United States and Russia’s interests do not conflict. Ukraine is an issue between the European Union and Russia.
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UK, EU Should Be Careful With Northern Ireland
By Sophie Boulter // When the EU threatens trade wars and the UK disregards international agreements, it ignores Northern Ireland’s unique situation and treats it as just another bargaining chip in the Brexit negotiation process.
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For European Unity, It’s “Use It or Lose It”
By Sophie Boulter // The EU is closer than ever and could finally accomplish important reforms. However, this moment is finite and precarious.
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Finland Hurries Towards NATO, Skeptical Sweden Moves Slower
By Lake Dodson // Despite Finland and Sweden both moving to join NATO, Finland appears to be working far more diligently to do so.
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A Better Russian Strategy: Containment
By Sophie Boulter // It is time for the U.S. to modernize and apply the doctrine of containment to the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This will ensure that the U.S. can work with and protect its allies without exacerbating the war.
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Pomp and Circumvention: Hard Lessons for Diplomacy with Russia
By Christopher Ynclan Jr. // While Russia’s recent actions make them seem a dishonest and irrational actor, many fail to recognize their ideological motivations to keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence.
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The SWIFT Network and the Complex Reality of Sanctions
By Noah Schwartz // Washington seems to believe that isolating Russia from the world economy will compel the Kremlin to align more with American interests. However, this belief is premised on the idea that there is no alternative to SWIFT or the Western economic order.