Western Europe
Brexit Endgame: Parliament Seeks Extension
Amanda Sloat Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 6:06 PM
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos
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Western Europe
What the British Government Really Thinks
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 2:54 PM
A gaffe is when a politician recklessly tells the truth, Michael Kinsley once said.
Sir Kim Darroch is not a politician. He is a diplomat. And the truth he spoke was not a gaffe. It was a leak. But it functions like a gaffe, a truth blurted out in a context in which it wasn’t supposed to be uttered.
Western Europe
Brexit Endgame: Parliament Sends Contradictory Messages as Deadline Nears
Amanda Sloat Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 11:31 AM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
War Powers
NATO and War Powers: Remembering the ‘Great Debate’ of the 1950s
Matthew Waxman Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 6:30 AM
As President Trump goes into this week’s NATO summit complaining about burden-sharing, amid inflamed anxieties at home about presidential powers over foreign relations, it is worth remembering the “Great Debate” of the early 1950s. That dispute pitted President Harry Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson against congressional NATO skeptics, and it concerned whether the president could unilaterally deploy four additional U.S. Army divisions to Western Europe.
Cyber & Technology
U.K. Outlines Position on Cyberattacks and International Law
Matthew Waxman Wed, May 23, 2018, 9:57 AM
On Wednesday, British Attorney General Jeremy Wright delivered public remarks titled "Cyber and International Law in the 21st Century.” This unilateral move marks an important step by states in developing and defending interpretations of existing international frameworks as applied to cyber.
Russia and Eastern Europe
Don’t Ignore Ukraine: Lessons From the Borderland of the Internet
Aaron F. Brantly, Nerea M. Cal, Devlin Winkelstein Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 4:38 PM
Most Americans might consider the events occurring in Ukraine—a distant conflict somewhere along the border between the Russian Federation and Western Europe—to be someone else’s problem. What that perspective fails to appreciate, however, is how these seemingly distant events set the stage for a new form of hybrid warfare that is already targeting Western citizens.
Foreign Policy Essay
Do Syrian Refugees Pose a Terrorism Threat?
Daniel Byman Sun, Oct 25, 2015, 10:26 AM
Syrians and Iraqis have been fleeing their countries’ civil wars for years, but the refugee crisis grabbed international headlines last month when it forced itself on the European scene. Over 500,000 Syrian asylum seekers and thousands of Iraqis have gone to Europe as of September 2015, and that number is expected to climb dramatically.