Ancient Narratives and Modern Conflicts
On 27th June 1389, the eve of the most significant battle to the Serbian nationalist psyche, a Serbian prince was […]
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St Andrews Foreign Affairs Review
Welcome to the Official Publication of the St Andrews Foreign Affairs Society
Category: Europe
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Sleeping Volcano about to Erupt?
The “dormant volcano” provides an excellent analogy for the unresolved geopolitical dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the ethnic Armenian […]
Learn more →A Democratic EU: Strengthening the Regions, Dismantling the Nation States
Ethnic identity and regionalism have often been denounced as political nightmares and the devastating driving forces behind appalling ethnic conflicts […]
Learn more →On Euro-scepticism: The case of the UK and Poland
Great Britain is a country living in the past. One must only take a stroll through London to feel the […]
Learn more →Law and Disorder: The Never-ending Dispute over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
“What the Argentinians have been saying recently, I would argue, is actually far more like colonialism because these people want […]
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Bunga Bunga Bounces Back?
Rumours are running rife around Europe that Silvio Berlusconi will be re-running for Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri next year. […]
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A Tale of Two Presidents and Two Interventions
Breaking with his predecessor’s hyperactivity and inaugurating a ‘normal presidency’ was one of the central campaign pledges of French Socialist […]
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Tar Sands Threaten to Pollute EU-Canada Relationship
Europe is one vote away from making Canada very unhappy. Since 2009, Canada and the EU have been negotiating a […]
Learn more →The Curious Case of Julian Assange and Ecuador
As far as balcony speeches go, Julian Assange did not quite channel the spirit of Eva Peron from the 2nd […]
Learn more →Pussy Riot: Paying the Price for ‘Free’ Speech
Many international commentators must have been mystified as the political protest of three Russian feminist punks resulted in a wave […]
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