Western Europe
Op-Ed: Why Europe Will Need More Than Protests to Get Change. Lessons From the Arab Uprisings
Are we seeing a European Spring? As protesters across the continent take to the streets demanding action against corruption and affordability, the continent will need more than protests to make change last longer than one season.
French Protests Spread Across Europe
What started out as protests over school conditions in France has become a broader protest about cost of living conditions and has spread across Europe.
Belgrade Protests Fuel Serbia’s EU Membership Debate
The growing wave of anti-government protests in Serbia illustrates a society pushing back against decades of stagnation. This civil unrest not only seeks immediate reforms but also raises critical questions about the country’s EU integration prospects.
West Europe & Israel: Patterns in Individualism
The conflict between Hamas and Israel has captured the attention of the world, from Copenhagen to Cartajena protests of support or condemnation for one side or another are continuously thrown. From the IR perspective, though, it is certainly well to step back to see the wider picture of how the individual reactions of individual nations lend to a picture of the wider whole.