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EU Expands Frontex Responsibilities
December 30, 2019
Raising national sovereignty concerns, according to a recent press release, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is gaining new responsibilities and tools to more effectively support EU Member States in managing their external borders.
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Espinoza-Pedraza: Centrists Should Acknowledge Validity of Some Populist Agenda Items
December 30, 2019
Writing about populism in Modern Diplomacy, Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza encourages centrists to distance themselves from their ideological preferences and acknowledge that there might be some degree of validity on what populists have put on the agenda rather than fully disregard them as a non-viable option.
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US Security Chief Warns UK against Huawei
December 30, 2019
According to U.S. national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, giving the Chinese equipment supplier Huawei access to the U.K.'s 5G network would pose a risk to British intelligence serves.
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Volkswagen to Fund Exploration of “Roots of Populism”
December 23, 2019
With rising populism often portrayed as one of the most pressing challenges for the future of national and EU democracies, Volkswagen Foundation is funding research at five European universities that will "explore the roots of populism by examining political, economic and sociological factors."
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European Court Upholds Lithuania's Expulsion of Russian Journalists
December 23, 2019
The European Court of Human Rights has held that Lithuanian authorities lawfully expelled four Russian journalists for their conduct at a Vilnius conference, as their aggressive behavior demonstrated that the measures had been necessary in the interests of national security and proportionate in scope.