The Anatomy of Annexation
Boris Tadić is a former President of Serbia, having served two consecutive terms between 2004 and 2012. You may follow him on Twitter @BorisTadic58. An earlier version of this essay was published in February 2023 by The National Interest.
The Question of the Malvinas Islands
Santiago Cafiero is Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship of the Argentine Republic.
Erosion of Territorial Integrity as a Threat to International Security
Farid Shafiyev is Chairman of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), Azerbaijan’s premier research institution. You may follow him on Twitter @shafiyev_farid.
Addressing Spain’s Secessionist Problem
Jaime Mayor Oreja is a former Minister of the Interior of Spain.
Catalan Independence
Vicent Partal is a Catalan journalist. After working for many years as an international reporter, he founded VilaWeb in 1995, one of the first digital newspapers in Europe. He has written several books on Catalan and international politics. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Journalism Center, based in Maastricht. You may follow him on Twitter @vpartal
The Cyprus Problem, The EU and the UN
Andreas Theophanous, a Professor of Economics and Public Policy, is Head of the Department of Politics and Governance and President of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs at the University of Nicosia. You may follow him on Twitter @AnTheophanous.
Hostile Neighbors
Aparna Pande is Director of the India Initiative and a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute. You may follow her on Twitter @Aparna_Pande. This essay is an adapted chapter from an edited volume of Politics and Geopolitics: India’s Neighborhood Challenge (ed) Harsh V. Pant (2021).
The Security Threat of “Polisario”
Mohammed Benhamou is President of the Moroccan Center for Strategic Studies. An earlier version of this essay was published as part of the AUSACO Papers series in November 2022, the publication of the Autonomy for the Sahara Coalition (AUSACO).
Peace is a Human Right
Gregor Gysi is a member of Die Linke party, which he represents in the German Bundestag, having formerly served as President of the Party of the European Left. You may follow him on Twitter @GregorGysi.
Irish Unification After Brexit
Patrick Diamond is Professor of Public Policy & Politics at Queen Mary, University of London and Director of the Mile End Institute. You may follow him on Twitter @PatrickDiamond1. Barry Colfer is Director of Research at the Institute for International & European Affairs in Dublin and a visiting fellow at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. You may follow him on Twitter @BarryColfer. An earlier version of this essay was first published in the January/March 2023 issue of The Political Quarterly.