International cooperation has been central to international peace. NATO provides frameworks for security and trade agreements all over the world. Today, nationalism has also contributed to hazing our ability to accurately attribute contributors to domestic terrorism within transatlantic nations. This paper provides recommendations on two levels: changing the narrative to one that stresses to the […]
Sharing Standards and Values in Development, Refugee, and Integration Policy
The recent migrant crisis has brought longstanding tensions in Europe’s immigration and integration policies to the forefront. This is compounded by a concern in Europe and the United States that hosting refugees and migrants from fragile and conflict-afflicted states in the Middle East and North Africa increase domestic security risks, and that such persons are […]
Sharing Standards and Values in Development, Refugee, and Integration Policy
The recent migrant crisis has brought longstanding tensions in Europe’s immigration and integration policies to the forefront. This is compounded by a concern in Europe and the United States that hosting refugees and migrants from fragile and conflict-afflicted states in the Middle East and North Africa increase the risk of terrorism. Beyond a military or […]
Transatlantic Vision for Development, Refugee, and Integration Policy
The recent migrant crisis has brought longstanding tensions in Europe’s immigration and integration policies to the forefront. This is compounded by a concern in Europe and the United States that hosting refugees and migrants from fragile and conflict-affected states in the Middle East and North Africa region may increase risks of homegrown terror attacks. Beyond […]
Integration: A Slow and Fractured Process
The term ‘integration’ has been used in various fields of Transatlantic policymaking over the past decades: at the political technocratic level of EU integration, trade initiatives from both governments to help promote global economic integration, and relatively open immigration policies to promote the integration of labor markets. Ethnic, national, and socioeconomic integration at the societal-level […]
The Fall of Compassion and the Rise of Right-Wing Leaders
As I walked the streets of Warsaw in June 2016, I noticed I looked very different than everyone else walking down the street. I have brown skin and I look ethnically ambiguous to many who do not recognize the physical attributes of an ethnically Guatemalan person. People gawked, but I never encountered any racism or […]
We All Deserve a Seat in the Discussion
As a member of the African-American community, it is difficult for me to see where my place in Transatlantic Relations, fits in. For centuries my ancestors traveled on slave ships from the Continental Africa to North America. They did not willingly or non-coercively travel, however by force and oppression. My forefathers were brought to North […]
Minority Rights Need to be Prioritized
Minority rights in transatlantic relations need to be redefined, reinvented, protected and prioritized in order to strengthen and diversify the state of the relations. In the following paragraphs I will list some of the different minority groups that have migrated to Europe and the United States as a consequence of the largest refugee crisis since […]