Brexit
Brexit Endgame: European Union Takes Back Control
Amanda Sloat Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:50 PM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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Brexit
Brexit Endgame: Parliament Seeks Delay to EU Exit
Amanda Sloat Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:12 PM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Western Europe
What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?
Todd Carney Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 9:00 AM
The former Republic of Macedonia recently changed its official name to the Northern Republic of Macedonia (or, herein, North Macedonia).
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.
Western Europe
Brexit Endgame: Parliament Votes Down Theresa May’s Brexit Deal
Amanda Sloat Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 2:04 PM
Editor's Note: The Brexit plan that Theresa May negotiated with the European Union has been met with controversy in the British Parliament. The British government is divided among supporters, who feel the deal is the best compromise Britain is likely to get, and opponents on the left and right. May now faces a vote of no confidence, which will determine whether she will continue to lead the Conservative party and whether her plan will receive a parliamentary vote.
surveillance
The ‘Big Brother Watch’ Ruling on U.K. Surveillance Practices: Key Points from an American Perspective
Robert Chesney Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 10:28 AM
Last month, a divided chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) (that is, a panel of seven judges from ECHR’s “First Section”) issued an opinion declaring several aspects of British surveillance law to be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case is called, perhaps inevitably, Big Brother Watch and Others v. The United Kingdom. The opinion is ponderous, to say the least.
International Law: Self-Defense
Document: July 2018 NATO Summit Communique
Matthew Kahn Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 1:52 PM
On Wednesday, the North Atlantic Council released the following communique on behalf of the heads of state of NATO member-countries. The full document is below.
Brexit
How the UK Government Resignations Signal the Demise of a ‘Hard’ Brexit
Shannon Togawa Mercer Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 9:30 AM
Fresh from the NATO summit, President Donald Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Thursday to engage with a British government that is in disarray.
International Law
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly Takes on the Legal Challenges of Hybrid Warfare
Aurel Sari Wed, May 23, 2018, 7:00 AM
Over the last few years, “hybrid warfare” has become firmly established in the Western security lexicon. The concept features prominently in NATO and EU policy instruments and has informed the United States’ National Security Strategy adopted in December 2017. (I analyzed this idea in more depth here.)
Western Europe
'One Nation Under CCTV': The U.K. Tackles Facial Recognition Technology
Shannon Togawa Mercer, Ashley Deeks Mon, May 7, 2018, 8:00 AM
“Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Enhance Real-Time Police Surveillance” reads a recent Wall Street Journal headline. Technology companies are working with U.S. police departments to develop facial recognition technology for body cameras—but the United States isn’t alone in its exploration and development of facial recognition technology.