by Colin McIntyre | 7 Aug 2019 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Nationalism
The UK will leave Europe no matter what, says new British PM Boris Johnson. But his hard-line Brexit stance is exposing cracks within the UK itself. Can the United Kingdom leave the European Union without itself disintegrating? Boris Johnson took over as the...
by Daniel Bendix and Mikkel Arffman | 15 Mar 2019 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Herlufsholm, Human Rights, Student Posts
It may not seem like it today — with Brexit, nationalism and a resurgent Russia on its borders — but the EU was created to promote stability. It may be hard to believe that the European Union was created to promote stability. After all, the United Kingdom is on the...
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by Christine Keilholz | 11 Feb 2019 | Decoders, Europe, Future of Democracy
Theresa May is racing to negotiate a Brexit accord that the UK Parliament can support. Our decoder explains why the deal hinges on the Irish backstop. Britain only wanted out of the European Union when it voted for Brexit in June 2016. But it forgot a number of...
by John Mehaffey | 6 Feb 2019 | Europe, Nationalism, Sport
Ireland’s rugby team has a history of persevering through conflict. As Brexit reopens old wounds, rugby unites players and fans across borders. Rugby has succeeded where politicians and statesmen have long failed — by transcending a border that divides...
by Colin McIntyre | 1 Feb 2019 | Decoders, Europe, Nationalism
It’s a term taken from cricket and baseball. Now, a “backstop” holds the key to Britain’s messy exit from the European Union. Two and half years after laborious negotiations began on Britain’s exit from the European Union, they risk running...
