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A summary of Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30.2, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s recently published guide to the U.K.’s operative principles on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Christian Democrats retained their dominant positions in the recent German federal election, but the new composition of the Bundestag will necessitate complex negotiations between parties.
The center may hold, but Germany’s smaller parties of both the right and the left are increasingly pro-Russian and skeptical of defense ties with the U.S.
The first three months of U.K.-EU negotiations suggest a fast Brexecution is unlikely.
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union has issued judgments in two appeals concerning EU counterterrorism sanctions against Hamas and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers). The judgments offer a relatively permissive interpretation of the EU Council’s procedural obligations in extending existing counterterrorism designations compared to that of the EU General Court.
If the current exit polls for the UK election are correct, the Conservatives have lost their majority in Parliament.
This Thursday, while Americans watch former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee testimony, citizens in the United Kingdom will be making their way to the polls to select members of Parliament for the second time in just two years. Let’s outline the whats, whys, hows, and so-whats of the upcoming election—with a particular focus on Brexit and security.
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has a lot on his mind as he prepares to assume office. One topic we can be sure he’s thinking about: what to do about the dumping of various of his campaign documents and emails online just hours before the election.
Tonight’s vote was not only a victory for Macron. It was also a normalization of a party that for much of its existence has belonged to the lunatic fringe.
A review of Marco Duranti, The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention (Oxford University Press, 2016).