David Cameron’s Syria defeat was unexpected, but Prime Ministers are...
On Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a vote on the UK’s participation in a military intervention in Syria. As Meg Russell writes, the vote has been met with shock, and seen as a very...
View ArticleThe UK’s vote against military action in Syria leaves EU foreign policy more...
Last week, the British parliament voted against UK involvement in any military intervention in Syria. Mark Shaw writes on the impact the vote has had elsewhere in the EU. He notes that with France...
View ArticleGerman ‘tit for tat’ diplomacy could help alter Russia’s position on Syria
The G20 summit, which began on Thursday in Saint Petersburg, has been dominated by the issue of Syria. One of the key dynamics in the Syrian crisis is the refusal of Russia to endorse any military...
View ArticleEd Miliband and Syria: A glimpse of what a Labour foreign policy could look like
Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK’s Labour Party, decided not to support the British government’s call for military action against Syria. Eunice Goes argues that Miliband’s position on Syria has the...
View ArticleFrançois Hollande’s policy on Syria offers a perfect example of how not to...
While the British parliament has effectively ruled out UK intervention in the Syrian conflict, French President François Hollande has been adamant that France will take part in any US-led military...
View ArticleCollective solidarity with France must transform into collective action...
The French government has stated that it will invoke the EU’s ‘mutual defence clause’ in relation to the Paris terrorist attacks, which indicates that when a state is attacked, all member states must...
View ArticleEstablishing ‘safe zones’ in Syria remains the most realistic route to...
Many of those that have left Syria since the start of the country’s civil war have passed through Greek islands on their way into Europe. James D. Athanassiou and Effie G. H. Pedaliu write that the...
View ArticleIf bombing the Middle East was the way to peace, it would be the most...
British MPs voted to deploy bomb attacks against ISIS/Daesh strongholds in Syria, in response to their attacks in Paris. Here, Sean Swan argues that this is misguided; despite the understandable...
View ArticleEurope’s recent attacks underline the need for a new strategy to combat...
How should European policymakers respond to the terrorist attacks that have taken place in France and Germany over recent weeks? Dennis Shen argues that the attacks highlight the need to develop a new...
View ArticleSyria: How global leaders have made intervention all about themselves
Both France and the UK participated in strikes against suspected chemical weapons facilities in Syria. John Gaffney writes that in both countries the action was met with majority disapproval among the...
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