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European parliament, democratic deficit and another missed opportunity 0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 03/02/2017
For an organization that is so often called out because of its democratic deficit, it is astonishing how the European Union missed out on yet another opportunity to get closer to its citizens. On 17th January a new president of the European Parliament was elected, and Antonio Tajani took over from Martin Schulz. What I would like to point the attention to is, how many Europeans knew the election was taking place? Or how many Europeans knew who the candidates for the new EP president were? Be honest – is your hand up?
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Europe’s ‘Other’ Refugees: Denying asylum to the continent’s most persecuted minority 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 30/01/2017
The European Commission plans to establish a common list of ‘safe countries of origin’ (SCO) across EU Member States in a bid to deal more efficiently with asylum claims from nationals of countries where persecution is deemed unlikely.
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Nuke-armed South Asian governments adopt a “me first” approach on water – and it goes poorly 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 26/01/2017
Since 2010, South Asia has witnessed a resurgence of the long standing Indo-Pakistani territorial dispute over Kashmir. Yet, while the conflict has oft been simply characterized as friction over Pakistani support for the regional Muslim self-determination movement, underlying water sharing concerns also play a significant part in the prolonged tension between the nuclear powers. The climate-change induced Bengali migration and water scarcity that affects these nations will only worsen. The resulting stress on resources portends longer-term threats to South Asian stability – the extent depends on whether the region hoards or cooperates.
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2016 was a terrible year for climate change. Will 2017 be worse?0
- Analysis, Environment and Energy
- 23/01/2017
At the end of 2015 the world was full of hope. After 23 years of postponing, staling and log-rolling, we finally had a global agreement on climate change. Even countries that had long been skeptical about global warming, like the US and China, were ready to take action. The world community promised to keep global warming well below 2°C. It finally looked like states, citizens and businesses would be taking the right path.
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Dubai, What’s Next?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 18/01/2017
Could Dubai turn into the next Silicon Valley?
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EU citizenship for sale!5
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 12/01/2017
One of the fundamental values of the European Union is democracy: is it democratic for some Member States not to grant citizenship to foreigners’ children, born and raised in their own same country, while others sell citizenship in exchange of money and investments?
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