EU-Ukraine relations: a window of opportunity

EU-Ukraine relations: a window of opportunity Unlike for the cast of HBO’s Chernobyl, there is hope for EU and Ukrainian policymakers yet. Source: Pixabay       HBO’s bleak, bureaucratic miniseries Chernobyl has put Ukraine at the top of the...

Expanding the EU Green Card

Expanding the EU Green Card   Taking steps towards European migration reform     There is no more migrant crisis. The number of sea arrivals to the EU is down 90% from the 2015 peak levels, but the crisis mode stubbornly lingers in European political...

What is a ‘European’?

What is a ‘European’? Criminalizing humanitarian assistance threatens the post-1945 European identity   This past year, the European Union has seen an emergence of new challenges which have brought its identity to question.   How do you define...

Another door closed, another wall built, another bridge burned

Another door closed, another wall built, another bridge burned Turkey violates international refugee law and Europe remains silent   Charles Bradley, one of the most talented artists to reside in my music library, wrote a song called “The World (is going up in...

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover European Commission pledges another €90 million to migration-related projects under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa   In light of the migration crisis, I recently asked my grandfather, an immigrant himself, why...