Transatlantic Cooperation
The European Union and the United States have been close allies for decades and “partners of first resort,” to use the words of both former […] More
Europe
The Debate Post-Paris
Twelve days after the Paris attacks, I was waiting for a flight at London’s Heathrow Airport, which seemed to be running with its customary sedate […] More
Safe Harbor 2.0
The safe harbour was a convenient fiction that enabled business-as-usual processes to take place between the EU and the U.S. Many were shocked when the […] More
The Refugee Crisis: Europe on the Brink
Today in Europe there are more people made homeless by wars and conflict than ever before in recent history. The Secretary General of the United […] More
No Peace in Sight
Last week the image of a tiny toddler’s body washed up on a Turkish beach became symbolic of a growing crisis in the Mediterranean. Tens […] More
A Failed Response
Other than its open-air outlet mall, busy with shoppers from neighboring Slovakia and Hungary, there’s little memorable about the Austrian village of Parndorf. On Friday, […] More
Solution Starts At Home
The Cipher Brief sat down with Robert Richer, former CIA Associate Deputy Director for Operations, to talk about the Middle East refugee crisis that threatens […] More