Europe

Markets around the world continue to feel the pain of last Thursday’s Brexit referendum. The FTSE 100 (London’s Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalization) […] More

There are two elements to the “what now?” question in the UK. The first element I expected to be addressing after Thursday’s vote was: how […] More

The result of last week’s UK referendum on whether to remain in the European Union (EU) has produced shock-waves around the world and has raised […] More

The global system seems poised for major change. Last Thursday, the so-called Brexit referendum demonstrated this when a majority of 51.9 percent of British voters […] More

Britain voted last week by a slim margin to leave the European Union. The economic implications were immediate, with stocks around the world plunging and […] More

Last Thursday, in voting in favor of Brexit, the United Kingdom electorate voted with its heart rather than its head. Instead of heeding the consensus […] More

The Ambassador of the European Union to the United States has told The Cipher Brief that “no-one is in a hurry for the UK to […] More

The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, sending shockwaves through the markets and setting the stage for political turmoil. The “Leave” camp […] More

Bosnia and Kosovo are two of the biggest exporters of jihadists joining the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria) from the […] More

Those who use radical and extremist methods to achieve their political goals employ the most horrifying and inhumane ways to kill, terrorize, and punish people, […] More

Every second year is an election year in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For this “heart shaped land” in the center of the forever-stigmatized Western Balkans, local […] More

Both the Brexit Remain and Leave campaigns are suspended today due to the murder of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox on Thursday. Cox belonged […] More

Brits are expected to come out en masse on June 23 to vote on whether they want their country to stay in the European Union. […] More

On June 23, Brits head to the voting booths to decide whether they want Britain to remain a part of the European Union. The Cipher […] More

There are heightened security concerns in France, as the Euro 2016 football tournament begins today at multiple sites throughout the country.  France is particularly on […] More

In the week since Nadiya Savchenko returned to Ukraine after her release from a Russian prison, the military pilot has shaken up her country’s political […] More

Around 750,000 mail-in votes decided the fate of Austria’s presidential election this week, tipping the election in favor of a more centrist candidate. Yet the […] More

Independent Green Party candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has won Austria’s presidential election by the slimmest of margins, preventing Freedom Party (FPÖ) candidate Norbert Hofer […] More