Globalization’s Legitimacy Deficit and the Reassertion of Nationalism
The liberal-internationalist and technocratic-integrationist versions of globalization are too brittle to serve as viable, long-term sources of legitimacy.
Protecting Europe: We Really Mean it
Once a year or so, the US will complain about how little our allies do. Don’t worry. It is just ritualistic behavior expected of the incumbent and carries no weight back here.
The Doctor and the Cure: The Crisis of Sovereignty in the Twenty-first Century
Contemporary populists are looking backwards, hoping to fix our problems by drawing from a medical toolkit from a previous century.
Diplomacy Is the Art of Enhancing Power
Diplomacy is the art of restraining force and enhancing power, with the unintentional effect of a reduction of power.
Brexit: The View from Ireland
The Irish government will have to tread a careful line during the Article 50 negotiations, choosing a path that lies somewhere between the UK and the EU.
Symposium – Does Brexit Herald a Re-assertion of the European Nation-state?
The nation-state is back. Yet, the apparent resurgence of European nation-states is about more than the practical failings of the EU or its perceived democratic deficit.
Finding an Alternative World Order
Serious change in the global security order can come about only when the United States actually does less international intervening. Then, others will do more – if slowly at first.
The Prince, the Pope and a Populist Moment
Whilst populist movements have shown to be able to exploit sacral tradition, regal and religious institutions can equally employ resources to oppose populist agendas
Erdogan’s Referendum: Expanding Executive Powers in Turkey
Turkey’s state of emergency may continue indefinitely if Turks approve the constitutional change expanding executive powers within the Turkish state.
Brexit: The View from Denmark
Although Danes have a generally positive view of the EU, Brexit may boost anti-EU forces on the political right.
