Content Type: Commentary and Analysis / Political Geography: Global Focus / Topic: International Affairs

Author:: Andrew Duff
Publication Date:: 06-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: European Policy Centre (EPC)
Abstract:: The UK has wasted precious time in the Brexit process. A no deal outcome has become the legal and political default. The new prime minister cannot avoid returning to Mrs May’s deal if he is to avoid no deal. Andrew Duff argues for changes to be made not only to the Political Declaration but also to the Withdrawal Agreement itself. One amendment is needed to buy time: the transition period should be made extendable until the final association agreement enters into force. Such a revision will not breach anyone’s red lines, will obviate the need for the Irish backstop, reassure businesses and citizens, and enable an orderly exit. Duff also argues that the British should pay far more attention to the joint governance of the Withdrawal Agreement. The idea that the UK will become a vassal of the EU is nonsense: in fact, the British will be able to wield influence after Brexit if the new prime minister adopts a positive attitude.
Topic:: International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Emanuel Pastreich
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: Now that the movement to address climate change at the systemic and cultural level has gained unprecedented momentum, it is critical for us to establish a viable alternative economy that committed citizens around the world can join. The basic unit of that economy should be fossil-fuel-free (FFF) communities. In these FFF (fossil-fuel-free) communities, to be built from the ground up, nothing eaten or consumed, no form of transformation or communication employed, and no aspect of housing, furniture or utensils will contain fossil fuels (including plastics or fertilizers). Nor will any of these items be produced, transported, or manufactured using fossil fuels.
Topic:: Climate Change, International Affairs, and Social Movement
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Andrew J. Bacevich
Publication Date:: 11-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: Let us stipulate at the outset that President Trump is a vulgar and dishonest fraud without a principled bone in his body. Yet history is nothing if not a tale overflowing with irony. Despite his massive shortcomings, President Trump appears intent on recalibrating America’s role in the world. Initiating a long-overdue process of aligning U.S. policy with actually existing global conditions just may prove to be his providentially anointed function.
Topic:: International Relations and International Affairs
Political Geography:: America and Global Focus

Author:: Allegra Harpootlian
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: America’s drone wars have gotten deadlier under Trump, but the Trump-first news cycle makes highlighting the human cost extremely difficult.
Topic:: International Political Economy and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Harry Blain
Publication Date:: 10-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: Lower courts are slowly but steadily eroding the legal basis for some of the most reactionary war on terror policies.
Topic:: International Law, International Political Economy, and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Brian Wakamo
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy Research Institute
Abstract:: Companies willingly censor or condemn free speech to retain market share in authoritarian countries. Just ask Daryl Morey
Topic:: International Political Economy and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: John Feffer
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: The far right is on a roll. Just a few years ago, liberals and conservatives would have considered its recent political victories a nightmare scenario. Right-wing extremists have won elections in the United States, Brazil, Hungary, India, and Poland. They pushed through the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. In the most recent European Parliament elections, far-right parties captured the most votes in France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Hungary.
Topic:: International Political Economy and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Hannah Gurman
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: This moment should spark a conversation about the place of national security whistleblowing in a democratic society.
Topic:: International Security, International Affairs, Intellectual Property/Copyright, Political Activism, and Democracy
Political Geography:: America and Global Focus

Author:: Olivia Alperstein
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: A new study shows just how bad a nuclear war could get. We need a plan to eliminate this risk permanently
Topic:: Climate Change, International Political Economy, and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Khury Petersen-Smith
Publication Date:: 10-2019
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Foreign Policy In Focus
Abstract:: It is sickening that the U.S. would deliver the Kurds to Turkish violence, but that doesn’t mean we should embrace the U.S. presence in Syria.
Topic:: International Relations and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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