ISN Weekly Theme: US-Mexico Border
Almost 12 million people live in the US-Mexico border area: hundreds of thousands cross the 3000 km-long border every day – legally and illegally. It is the most protected US border, with no less than...
View ArticleCall for Applications: Junior Associates Program
The ISN is proud to announce the launch of our Junior Associates Program. The program brings together young professionals from Swiss-based institutions, companies and international organizations , as...
View ArticleISN Weekly Theme: The Rise of the Right
One hallmark of Europe’s changing political landscape in the past decades has been the steady rise of parties on the extreme right. This week the ISN explores the ‘family’ of right-wing parties and the...
View ArticleCampaigning at the Expense of the World’s Weakest
This week the tiny nation of East Timor found itself caught up in the vicissitudes of Australia’s domestic politics. In her first policy speech as prime minister, Julia Gillard proclaimed the country’s...
View ArticleThe Death of “Multikulti”?
When the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, spoke on Saturday about the “utter failure” of German attempts to foster a multicultural society, the move was widely seen as an attempt to bolster her...
View ArticleDeportation Mania
Zurich Airport, 18 March 2010. A Nigerian immigrant, convicted of drug dealing died shortly before boarding the plane on which he was to be deported to his home country. As a consequence, deportation...
View ArticleEurope’s Immigration Challenge
LONDON – Europe faces an immigration predicament. Mainstream politicians, held hostage by xenophobic parties, adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over fearful publics, while the foreign-born are...
View ArticleImmigration and American Power
CAMBRIDGE – The United States is a nation of immigrants. Except for a small number of Native Americans, everyone is originally from somewhere else, and even recent immigrants can rise to top economic...
View ArticleLampedusa and Marketized Surveillance in the Mediterranean
Following the latest deaths near Lampedusa on 3rd October and then again off the coast of Sicily on 11th October, what are we to make of the current and likely future European responses? There has...
View ArticleThe Islamic World and the West: Recovering Common History
This article was originally published by YaleGlobal Online on 15 July 2014. Recent years have seen much talk of the dangers of Islam in the West and its perceived incompatibility with Western...
View ArticleJack Goldstone: “Migration, Islam and Security”
How secure is Europe? What is the future of the Muslim community in the West? What should be the nature of Europe’s relationship with the Islamic world? In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in...
View ArticleInterview – Ivan Krastev
This interview was originally published by E-International Relations on 16 December, 2015. Ivan Krastev is chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria and Permanent Fellow at the...
View ArticleMigration: New Perspectives on an Old Story
This article was originally published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 18 December 2016. Migration has persisted in one form or another throughout the centuries: from...
View ArticleHow the Exclusion of Muslims Could Help Extremists
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 3 February 2017. Within two weeks of taking power, new United States President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders...
View Article
