The Adventures of Switzerland’s Most Famous Stone
Fans of yodeling, dancing and schwingen got their money’s worth last Sunday at Switzerland’s biggest celebration of traditional culture, the Unspunnen festival. If the sight of men wrestling in...
View ArticleCatalonia: Independence from Spain to Do What?
On November 25th Catalonians headed to the polls for a snap regional election. The polls were staged just two months after a massive pro-independence rally took place in Barcelona. Voter turnout peaked...
View ArticleFrozen Donbas?
This article was originally published by the Carnegie Moscow Center on 17 November 2014. Russia is invading Ukraine, again. As usual, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted hard evidence...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Reframing the Ukraine Crisis
“They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution’s near, but to me it seems quite clear that it’s all just a little bit of history repeating” Shirley Bassey ~ “History Repeating” The board...
View ArticleA Good Year (So Far) for Europe’s Separatists
The European Union’s (EU) separatist movements have never had it so good. Faltering economic conditions, unpopular austerity measures and ‘out of touch’ governments have combined to reignite...
View ArticleRethinking Secession: Why Spain and Catalonia Should Not Take Stability for...
This article was originally published by LSE EUROPP, a blog hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science, on 2 October, 2015. Catalonia’s independence movement secured a majority of...
View ArticleThe Right to Decide: Exit and Basque Self-Determination
This article was originally published by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) on 28 June 2016. Five years ago, the Basque militant group ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom) announced a unilateral and...
View ArticleDuterte, Mindanao, and Political Culture
This article was originally published by the East-West Center (EWC) on 9 November 2016. The Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, seems intent on taking his country down an untrodden path. Since being...
View ArticleNigeria: How to Solve a Problem Like Biafra
This article was originally published by the International Crisis Group on 29 May 2017. 50 years after Nigeria’s then Eastern Region declared itself the Republic of Biafra, sparking a brutal and costly...
View ArticleNigeria: How to Solve a Problem Like Biafra
This article was originally published by the International Crisis Group on 29 May 2017. 50 years after Nigeria’s then Eastern Region declared itself the Republic of Biafra, sparking a brutal and costly...
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