November 17, 2016 at 3:43 AM
With the recent high court decision on Brexit, and its upholding in the Supreme Court, three paths now face the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in her quest to achieve independence. The ruling Scottish Nationalist Party’s (SNP) dream of achieving the full independence of modern Scotland from the rest ofRead More
October 27, 2016 at 6:12 PM
Guest OpEd- With three earlier pieces republished, this is Alfons Lopez Tena‘s first original contribution to InPRA. He writes on issues and topics pertaining to Catalonia and European politics. The steady relative decline of the once-mighty European countries offers a fascinating deep insight into the darkest corners of the ebbing nations’ psyche,Read More
October 14, 2016 at 6:27 PM
Guest OpEd: Alfons Lopez Tena is joined by Elisenda Paluzie for this piece. She is an associate professor of economics and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Barcelona University. It is difficult to make predictions, especially about a hypothetical future, but the impact of independence on economics -for bothRead More
September 12, 2016 at 12:07 PM
Following the British referendum to exit the European Union, the concept of a European Defence Union is quickly making way. The UK was one of the most adamant opposition of any involvement of the EU in Member State internal affairs or to provide a stronger military connotation to its externalRead More
February 11, 2016 at 2:04 PM
A referendum is the most democratic element in our (relatively) modern-day representative democracies and the only element to bring it close to the direct democracy nature of its ancient past. So what can we make of UK’s referendum ? Yet having one is not necessarily an indication of a healthy democracy:Read More
April 21, 2015 at 10:54 AM
Fifteen years after my feet touched Norwegian soil, however, the Government is about to make it much tougher for many foreign nationals to immigrate to Norway. The timing for the imposition of these restrictions couldn’t be worse.
March 22, 2015 at 2:18 PM
The post-Cold War order has come to an end and NATO, after 13 years of out-of-area operations in Afghanistan has returned home, returned to its original mission of collective self-defense.