Perspectives
Stuart Elden is a professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick. This piece was originally published in 2011. What does it mean to speak of "territory without borders"? Let me say immediately that this is not the same as the "borderless world" argument, nor in agreement
Europe
Benjamin L. Schmitt is the Former European Energy Security Advisor in the US Department of State. The opinions expressed are his own. You can follow him on Twitter at @BLSchmitt. The Washington Nationals’ ubiquitous World Series victory slogan, “fight finished,” has been draped across every corner of the US capital
Europe
Andreas Umland is Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Principal Researcher with the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation in Kyiv, as well as General Editor of the ibidem-Verlag book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society” and “Ukrainian Voices” distributed by Columbia University Press. When it
Defense
"As all matters of policy and military deployment have to be made by consensus from NATO’s 29 members, and with wildly divergent priorities from all sides, members have increasingly taken to simply bypassing the NATO decision-making process entirely and pursuing bilateral or trilateral negotiation."
Defense
Russia's threats to end the INF Treaty are not new. Since the early 2000s, Putin has raised this possibility, arguing that the treaty prevents his country from possessing weapons that neighboring countries such as China are actively researching and developing. A similar pattern of thinking emerged under President Trump in
Transportation
With dense cities, income disparities, care for racial issues, and climate change, the time is right to change the current model and establish new priorities. By focusing on the bike, it is possible to rethink the built environment and identify the best decisions for the planet’s future.
Energy & Environment
Secretary General of NATO and Former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg. Originally published in the HIR Fall 2013 Issue. To most people the Arctic is a distant realm, almost another world, inhabited by polar bears. They may even think the frigid landmasses and icy seas of the Arctic are
Europe
Brandon Chen. Originally published in the HIR Winter 2019 Issue. At 10:45 PM on November 9, 1989, thousands of East Germans stormed through the gates of the Berlin Wall, free at last from the decades-long containment the East German Deutsches Demokratisches Republik (DDR) government had imposed on East Berlin.
Europe
Iryna Vereshchuk and Andreas Umland. Originally published in the HIR Winter 2019 Issue. IRYNA VERESHCHUK [https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%89%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%
Finance & Economics
Indira Puri. Originally published in the HIR Fall 2013 Issue. Will the recent Cypriot crisis change the structure of the Cypriot economy? The country's economic strength has, in recent years, stemmed from its banking sector, with bank deposits amounting for over seven times the country's GDP in 2010. In the
Europe
Anthony Wohns. Originally Published in the HIR Summer 2013 Issue. If you ask the average Westerner about the Crimea, you will likely get a blank stare. Some might remember the mid-19th century Crimean War or recollect high school analysis of Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade." An outdoorsman perhaps
Europe
Irina Serbanescu. Originally published in the HIR Winter/Spring 2000 Issue. In September 1999, Giulio Andreotti, seven-time Prime Minister of Italy, was cheered by thousands of supporters at a rally of the Christian Democratic Party (CDP). Earlier that month, Andreotti had faced a jury on charges of mafia collusion and