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Posts tagged "France"
Geopolitical preferences and the Securitization debate

Geopolitical preferences and the Securitization debate

The recent events in Paris have again brought the debate of securitization to the fore in European political dialogue. The acts, perpetrated by members of a minority ethnic community against a bastion of francité – the free press, has been decried not only in France, but across Europe as a continent and further afield. In its wake,...
The Far-Right in Europe: Nightmare Scenarios and Inevitabilities

The Far-Right in Europe: Nightmare Scenarios and Inevitabilities

Last Sunday Sweden went to the polls to elect its national legislature. The result was the replacement of a minority centre right administration with a minority centre left one. In Europe an occurrence such as this (or its reverse) is generally of only passing interest. On this occasion, however, the most startling result of the...
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