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

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

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

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

The United Kingdom has voted in favor of ending its 43-year relationship with the European Union. Britain’s exit from the EU will have far reaching consequences and we can expect to see some important changes in the coming months.   The Process   The referendum that took place in theRead More

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

The United States does not discriminate, does Europe want to follow suit? By excluding the Greek crisis from news headlines, there is undoubtedly one story that dominated the media over the last few weeks, whether being printed, broadcasted or Facebook: the historical ruling by the US Supreme Court which, ironically,Read More

At a time of crisis, Europe requires a variety of policy initiatives from all sides of the political spectrum. Only then can it ensure participatory democracy among its union’s member states.

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.

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.