The Use of Disinformation in the British Election
Bottom Line Up Front On the heels of the London Bridge terrorist attack and the looming Brexit process, tensions were high as British citizens […] More
Brexit
Brexit and Flashbacks to the Past in Northern Ireland
Bottom Line Up Front Deeply dissatisfied with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposal, disgruntled Unionists in Northern Ireland have gathered to loudly voice […] More
Britain’s Brexit Mess Gets Worse
Bottom Line Up Front Britain’s Parliament descended into angry shouting on September 25 as the country remains in turmoil over Brexit. Even for normally […] More
The Chaotic Endgame of Brexit
Bottom Line Up Front UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s August 28 request to suspend Parliament has spurred political anxiety as the UK’s scheduled October […] More
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May Survives a Vote of ‘No Confidence,’ but What Next for Brexit?
Bottom Line Up Front On January 16, British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament. The vote came one day after a […] More
The Globalization of Local Protests: The Case of France’s ‘Yellow Vests’
Bottom Line Up Front For the ninth weekend in a row, protesters gathered in massive numbers in Paris and other French cities as part […] More
Russian Disinformation Campaigns Continue to Sow Doubt in the West
Bottom Line Up Front Russia continues to use social media disinformation to sow doubt, effectively deploying an army of trolls across the Internet. On […] More
Consequences of the ‘Ever-Nearing,’ ‘Never-Clearing’ Brexit Negotiations
Bottom Line Up Front On December 11, the British Parliament will vote on a ‘finalized’ deal for exiting the European Union (EU). The deal […] More
The Impact of Brexit on Counterterrorism Cooperation
Bottom Line Up Front: The increasing odds of a ‘no deal’ Brexit in 2019 portends serious negative consequences for both the United Kingdom and the […] More
Brexit in Turmoil After Elections
After British snap elections last Thursday, attention has turned back to Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, which began this week. Headline issues […] More
Bilateral Disputes Could Derail Brexit
After British snap elections held this Thursday, attention will now turn back to negotiations between the EU and the UK to determine the terms under […] More
Does Brexit Still Mean Brexit?
British Prime Minister Theresa May had hoped to have an ironclad majority in parliament that would bolster her negotiating position in upcoming Brexit talks. That […] More
In Brexit, EU Holds the Cards
British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party’s upset electoral loss on Thursday has thrown British politics into chaos and called May’s survival as […] More
UK Vote Leaves Brexit, Future Security Strategy Hanging
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party surprisingly lost a dozen seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament, in snap elections […] More
How European Intel Services Connect the Dots
Intelligence cooperation within Europe can get messy. There are national intelligence units, European Union (EU) intel structures, and ones within NATO. How all of these […] More
No Spy Superstructure in Europe
There has been talk for decades of creating an overarching intelligence structure that works to keep the continent secure, but it has taken on new […] More
Europe Intel Sharing Will Take Trust
A spike in terrorist attacks in Europe over the past couple of years has reignited the debate over how to improve European intelligence collection and […] More
Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein Party Calls for Independence from UK
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been vocal about her desire to call a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the United Kingdom. The devolved […] More
Brexit Begins: Hurdles to a UK-EU Deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon today (March 29), formally notifying the European Union of the United Kingdom’s […] More