Nationality

Nickel, Nationality, and Negotiation: France’s Deal for New Caledonia

Is France offering New Caledonia a gilded cage, a statehood that glitters but lacks the substance of true freedom from its colonial past?

No Buying Your Way In: Malta’s ‘Golden Passport’ Ruling

EU Court rules Malta’s golden passport scheme violates EU law, ending citizenship-for-investment era across the Union.

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New Hunting Grounds: Dutch Cash Crime Migration

ATM rigging points to a hidden cost of one of Europe's greatest achievements: the euro.

The Sahara Vote: A Key to Regional Reconciliation?

UN backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, marking a historic shift in Western Sahara diplomacy and boosting Rabat’s global influence.

Letters of Power: Turkey’s Alphabet and the New Map of Connection

Language, more than borders, shapes how we identify ourselves. The alphabet we learn as children tells us who we are. For Turkey, redefining those letters is an act not of nostalgia but of future-making.

NEOM Revisited: The Blueprint for Instant City Ventures

Big city dreams cooked up by consultants often turn into very expensive ghost towns before anyone even moves in as with the case in Saudi's NEOM.

Troubled Waters: Return of Piracy and Somalia’s Governance

With fishing nets coming up empty and governments in conflict, the line between Somali fishermen and pirates is once again dissolving into the sea.