Enhancing the EU’s Engagement With Separatist Territories
Interesting as ever from @Tom_deWaal.
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May's 12-point shopping list
Euractiv's analysis.
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A full English Brexit is on the menu
Brilliant Spectator analysis.
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The problem with the English: England ( Read more... )

“Karabakh rules Armenia” Reporting from Yerevan.
(tags: armenia nagornokarabakh ) 'Accuracy is for snake-oil pussies': Vote Leave's campaign director defies MPs Gawd.
(tags: eu ukpolitics ) Brokered Conventions Often Make A Winning GOP President Though not since 1952.
(tags: uspolitics ) who2voteNI.com Discover your place in the Northern Ireland ( Read more... )

Bafflin' Islands: How Many Big Ones Can You Name? A matter of size.
(tags: maps ) Royal Mint starts new £1 coin production It's gonna be a dodecagon!
(tags: uk money ) Solve the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Before It Explodes @Tom_deWaal calls for action.
(tags: armenia azerbaijan nagornokarabakh ) Pentagon Report: The F-35 Is Still a Mess More on ( Read more... )

What’s Behind the Flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh? Magdalena at @Crisisgroup writes.
(tags: armenia azerbaijan nagornokarabakh ) Paul Ryan Is Running for President Yup.
(tags: uspolitics ) Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee Yup.
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Dangerous Days in Karabakh This is very bad news.
(tags: armenia azerbaijan nagornokarabakh ) Why everything about the way we report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is wrong A timely warning.
(tags: armenia azerbaijan nagornokarabakh ) Have you been threatened with legal action by “Scientists for Britain”? Brexiters trying to chill scientific ( Read more... )

• Where are the women in Brussels’ policy panel debates?
  Good question.
  (tags: eu sexandgenderandsexuality )
• It’s the geopolitics, stupid: Why TTIP matters
  Unusually passionate from @CER_London.
  (tags: eu uspolitics )
• A Good Week for Democracy Globally
  @gerrylynch: "if elections didn’t change anything, people wouldn’t be shot for demanding them."
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• Why I'm in favour of an independent Scotland
  The non-Scot Jon Worth writes.
  (tags: scotland )
• The first casualty of war is truth. Karabakh is no exception.
  A frozen conflict heats up.
  (tags: azerbaijan armenia nagornokarabakh )
• Azerbaijan Jails Yet Another Human Rights Defender
  Now it's Intigam müəllim.
  (tags: azerbaijan )

• EU secret revealed: Rome Treaty was signed on blank sheet
  Hidden history!
  (tags: eu )
• UK support for staying in the EU at its highest level since before the 1992 ERM crisis
  Interesting!
  (tags: eu ukpolitics )
• A Forgotten Front Line
  Hundreds killed during the 20-year"ceasefire".
  (tags: armenia azerbaijan nagornokarabakh )
• Belgium Gets Hacked… Again
  So ( Read more... )

• Independentism and the European Union
  Lucid analysis from EU enlargement guru Graham Avery.
  (tags: eu scotland catalonia )
• Wikipedia, the Difficulties of Mapping World Religions, and a Most Bizarre Map
  Someone is Wrong on the Internet.
  (tags: religion wikipedia )
• What are the marginal European Parliament seats in the UK?
  I have crunched the numbers.
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• Codebreaker Mavis Batey, who has died aged 92, commented on my livejournal in 2005
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• Why I’m leaving the Labour Party, and joining the Grüne in Germany
  @JonWorth explains.
  (tags: politics germany ukpolitics )
• My most retweeted tweet ever
  Tom Baker's story of his best memory of the role.
  (tags: doctorwho twitter )
• Democracy in the Caucasus
  @ ( Read more... )