Refugees and strangers: a lesson from the past
Ships sinking in the Mediterranean while trying to reach the shores of Europe or masses of refugees being repelled at its frontiers remind us of painful episodes of a not too distant history.
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Russia’s energy leverage on Europe: declining but still troubling
Russia is an energy superpower, President Vladimir Putin is fond of declaring. For years, Europeans have focused on the threat of Russia’s “energy weapon” - the prospect that the Kremlin might cut off gas supplies, forcing them to toe the…
The healthcare debate as mirror of a dispiriting presidential campaign
Despite the Republicans’ six-year obsession with repealing Obamacare, the healthcare issue has played a relatively minor role in this year’s presidential campaign.
Clinton and Trump: the frontrunners who still can’t unify their parties
Although they have been described as widely unpredictable and changeable, the 2016 US presidential primaries already seem set on their course only a month and a half since kicking off in Iowa. Yet, in one of this year’s many paradoxes,…
Obama and the Libya blame game: free-riding allies?
In a recent interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, President Obama accused America's European allies of being "free riders." He went on to say "I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya’s proximity, being invested in the…