Tag: Migration
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NATO Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump, the President Who Would Be King
World / June 27, 2025 King Donald and His Vassals The NATO secretary general had one mission: Keep Trump happy. And to keep Trump happy, you sacrifice your dignity and treat him like a monarch. The NATO secretary general had one mission: Keep Trump happy. And to keep Trump happy, you sacrifice your dignity and…
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Amid Crisis, A Lesser-Told Story of US-Iran Similarities Holds Some Hope
OPINION — As experts studiously debate what the latest Israel-Iran fighting will lead to, including a possible Iranian collapse, one enduring but less understood reality goes mostly untreated: Iranians and Americans are more alike than they are different, and that likeness holds hope for a friendlier future. A new Iranian revolution would bring significant uncertainty…
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Iranians living in Europe are torn between the hope for a new era and concern for their loved ones
As Israel and Iran trade fire in their most intense confrontation in history, members of the Iranian diaspora in Europe are torn between hopes for change and fears for their loved ones back home. In Frankfurt, Hamid Nasiri, 45, a product developer at a pharmaceutical company, said he had “mixed feelings” about the fighting, started…
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Rise to the challengers: Europe’s populist parties and its foreign policy future
Summary Europe’s “challengers”, or populist parties, are increasingly influencing the continent’s foreign policy. They differ significantly, with their divergences largely rooted in their contrasting histories, strategies and domestic interests. However, they also exhibit a broadly common set of instincts which challenge the vision of Europe and the world that has long dominated the foreign policy…
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Under Merz, more Continuity than Change in German Policy toward the Middle East
Editor’s Note: Marc Martorell Junyent holds an MA in Comparative and Middle East Politics and Society from Tübingen University. A writer and researcher whose work has appeared in The New Arab, Jacobin, Responsible Statecraft, Democracy in Exile, and other publications, Marc has contributed to Stimson in the past, analyzing European policy toward the Middle East.…
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Border bargains only borrow time: How Europe can stop its Tunisia rot
In early April, Tunisia reached the dark milestone of mass show trials, marking its steady return to authoritarianism. Thirty-seven journalists, authors, businessmen and aid workers were given sentences spanning lifetimes for terrorism or treason charges in a spectacle lacking all due process. For the condemned and their families, it is a tragedy in and of…
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Who get di right to refugee status – and who dey decide am?
Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images Wetin we call dis foto, Under President Joe Biden, di number of refugee admissions to di United States dey capped at 125,000 a year. one hour wey don pass Last week, 59 white South Africans land Dulles airport near Washington DC, afta dem give dem refugee status. President…
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New book “Tehran’s Dictator” details the reign of Khamenei
A powerful and highly anticipated political book is slated for release in the coming weeks, already generating buzz among academics, foreign policy experts, and human rights advocates. Titled Tehran’s Dictator, this forthcoming 425-page volume is the latest work by Iranian writer and political analyst Erfan Fard, who often writes op-eds for Arutz Sheva and currently…
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The new U.S refugee policy for minority South Africans: Explained
The story so far: The first contingent of 59 Afrikaner refugees arrived from in the United States on May 12, under a new policy that promotes the resettlement of Afrikaners, a white minority group in South Africa, who President Donald Trump has alleged are facing racial discrimination in their home country. The refugees arrived via…
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Trump is digging up old immigration policies to help his crackdown. Here’s a timeline for how we got here
President Donald Trump wasted no time enacting his immigration crackdown after being inaugurated for a second term. On the campaign trail, he promised mass deportations and more arrests — and to do it, he’s resurrecting old policies. Immigration policy being at the forefront of politics is nothing new. From the nation’s founding to modern day,…
