The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 5 + 1 Steps Away From Visa-Free Travel for Turkish Nationals Analysis Aspired facilitation of the issuance of visas for Turkish nationals to the European Union has a long history. With the latest version of the refugee deal the date for visa liberalisation seemed closer than ever expected. By Ilke Toygür and Melih Özsöz
One Year After Minsk II – Reviewing Options of Countering Russian Disinformation Efforts The migrant crisis and the subsequent political turmoil have banished from our minds a conflict that has been fairly present in Europe for the past two years: the war in Eastern Ukraine. By Mirko Moser-Abt
The Panama Papers and the International Battle Against Tax Havens: Lessons for the EU The collaborative publication of the Panama Papers in the first week of April revealed in an unprecdented level tax evasion via the Panamanian lawyer’s office Mossack Fonseca - this article examines lessons for the EU. By Mattias Vermeiren and Wouter Lips
For a Progressive and European Response to Security Challenges Commentary The recent attacks in Brussels have left everyone in Belgium and elsewhere in Europe in shock. People feel more and more helpless in the face of what seems to be, after the attacks in Paris last November and in January 2015, an increasingly destructive threat. By Sophie Heine
Doing Something Bad for Europe? The UK’s Referendum Deal The famous wit Mary McCarthy once remarked, ‘If someone tells you he is going to make a “realistic decision”, you immediately understand he has resolved to do something bad.’ By Alex Brianson
It’s time for the EU to get serious about Poland It was once quipped to me that you can tell a lot about the state of a country by the effusiveness of its name ─ compare the ‘Federal Republic of Germany’ with the dictatorial ‘German Democratic Republic’, or the ‘Republic of Korea’ with the autocratic, dynastical ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’. By James Bartholomeusz
The Last Days of the United Kingdom? Reflections on the Morning After the British General Election of 2015 The Empire is in Peril? No, don't you worry, Star Wars Episode VII will hit cinemas near you in December. However, will yeasterday's general election in the UK mark the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom? Read Alex Brianson's reflections on the morning after. By Alex Brianson
Europe@theCrossroads Dossier Europe is under pressure. It has to act on many levels, immediately, efficiently and convincingly.
It's Shared Leadership and Coopetition, Stupid – Steering the EU through Troubled Waters Confronted with a different external and internal environment than its predecessors, the new external leadership trio Juncker-Mogherini-Tusk should however constructively strengthen and contribute to the practices of shared leadership and coopetition between EU Member States.
Explaining the Rise of the UK Independence Party Where did UKIP come from, who is supporting it, and what does its rise reveal about British and also European politics? By Matthew Goodwin