This summer the British media opened its eyes, cleared its collective throat, and eventually gave voice to a global refugee crisis that has been growing for years…
Tag: EU
Spatial and Local Factors in Understanding Financial Crises
By Benjamin Sacks Geography, economics, and finance are intimately linked disciplines, a relationship that is sometimes misunderstood or ignored entirely … More
The Future of European Aviation?
by Benjamin Sacks The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökul volcano on 20 March 2010 demonstrated the weaknesses in Europe’s diverse air … More
The Local vs Global in Caribbean Sugar
by Benjamin Sacks The Caribbean, with over five hundred years of continual direct Old and New World involvement, remains a … More
The Geography of Thatcherism: 1979-1983
By Benjamin Sacks Irrespective of one’s opinion of Margaret Thatcher’s tenure as Prime Minister, few would disagree that her policies … More
Dismantling Cross-border Mobility: France may suspend Schengen agreement
by Fiona Ferbrache Around 20,000 immigrants in Italy, mainly of Tunisian origin, have been issued six-month residency permits in an … More
Estonia’s currency border:mobility and immobility in the European Union
by Fiona Ferbrache Travel to Estonia this year and you no longer need to change your currency into kroon. The … More
At the borders of ‘Fortress Europe’
By Rosa Mas Giralt The outer borders of the European Union and their ‘barrier’ structures are back in the news. … More
Polish Migrants returning to Britain
by Fiona Ferbrache A “new migration system”, identified in Europe since 2004, is associated with the EU enlargement process. This … More
A Special Relationship?
By Alexander Leo Phillips Originally coined by Winston Churchill in 1946, the ‘Special Relationship’ between the United Kingdom of Great … More
