Alex Tolic

This could be the year that changes Europe as we know it. With federal elections slated for the next twelve months in some of the EU’s key members, the region could find itself under very different leadership with much different plans from…
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"If only the United States could learn from Romania". This is what many are saying following the successful protests by the Romanian people against their newly-selected government. The populist movement that has emerged since the end of…
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The road to the Euro remains a long one for Croatia despite the fact that the Croatian National Bank (CNB), intends to replace the Croatian kuna with Europe’s shared currency by 2020. However, it very well may not be the best path for…
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As one of the Central Powers, the Ottoman Empire found itself on the losing side of the First World War. Shortly after, "the sick man of Europe" underwent a secularist revolution under the guidance of Turkish nationalist, nation-builder…
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October was the month, 2016 the year. It was all set to be signed, and then, nothing. But then it was on again... It is both frightening and comical to realize that the biggest free-trade deal in history, the Comprehensive Economic and…
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As we ring in the new year on the first day of 2017, a new Secretary-General of the United Nations will take over the position vacated by the well-respected Ban Ki-moon, and his name is António Guterres. Nearing the end of Ban's second…
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