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What is Plan B for Putin?

Revolution in Kiev has been a major defeat for Russia's president. What might he be able to salvage from the wreckage?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, War and peace 1 Comment 25 February 2014

Mr Renzi takes over in Italy

Matteo Renzi gets the top job, but not much else has changed in Italian politics. He's going to have his work cut out.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Italy, Party matters Leave a comment 23 February 201428 January 2022

Telling the Scots what to do is a risky strategy

Scottish independence this year still looks like a long shot, but some of its opponents probably aren't helping their own cause.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 21 February 201428 January 2022

Protests in a divided Bosnia

Recent protests in Bosnia & Herzegovina could be a sign of that country overcoming its ethnic divisions. Or they might not.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Europe, Ideas, Political issues, War and peace 1 Comment 20 February 201428 January 2022

Bangkok and Kiev revisited

The anti-government protests in Thailand and Ukraine continue to throw up interesting similarities while also revealing their underlying differences.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, South-East Asia Leave a comment 17 February 2014

Switzerland tries to back out of Europe

Switzerland votes – very narrowly – for new restrictions on immigration, calling into question its future in the European single market.

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Ukrainians are still talking

There are still hopes for a peaceful solution to Ukraine's crisis. A seminar this week drew out some of the issues.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues Leave a comment 6 February 2014

A new alias for Greece’s neo-Nazis

Golden Dawn, National Dawn – fascists are still fascists. But it's not yet time to panic about Greece.

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French Socialists have more than sex to worry about

French president François Hollande is trying to put the recent crisis in his personal life behind him, but that's not the source of his political problems.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Political issues 7 Comments 28 January 201428 January 2022

Breaking up Ukraine?

The ongoing protests in Kiev and other cities of western Ukraine are starting to raise the question of whether it can remain a united country.

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