US Supreme Court confronts Trump Administration in census decision
In their analysis of the US Supreme Court’s decision from 27 June 2019 dealing with the legality of adding the question “Is this person a...
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The criminalisation of search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean Sea
Arguably, it is the 2002 Facilitation Directive that allows Member States to criminalise humanitarian NGOs rescuing migrants at sea...
What explains the popularity of the Australian immigration model?
Over the last few years political parties in several European countries have been advocating the “Australian model” as a way to prevent...
Is authoritarian populism on the retreat after elections in Turkey?
Last week Ekrem Imamoglu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) won the position of mayor of Istanbul by obtaining 54% of the votes – an...
Should ISIS affiliates be repatriated?
When Islamic State (ISIS) announced the formation of a caliphate on 29 June 2014, it was clear that the citizenship status of those who...
Blockchain Watch
Bitcoin Price Continues to Surge Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum are being bought more than sold since April, however...
Access to citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals
In a policy brief prepared by the European Network on Statelessness last May, in preparation of the High-Level Political Forum of 9-18...
What do citizenship commentators make of the CJEU ruling in Tjebbes?
When discussing the important Tjebbes ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union last March, we promised to revisit the case...
Migration to the United States: Mexico vs. Central America
The New York Times recently reported that in April, more than 109,000 people (often travelling as families) were apprehended at or near...
Moldova calls for new elections
Following the Moldovan Parliamentary elections on 24 February 2019, I published an article on the consequences of the elections for...
Have we entered the “Asian century”?
According to UN data, Asia is currently home to more than half the world’s population and 21 of the world’s largest cities are in Asia....
At G20 meeting, Indian Finance Minister advocates to tackle misuse of CBI programmes
On 9 June, the Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman expressed her concern over the misuse of investment...
The African Continental Free Trade Area
As mentioned in a previous article published by the Future Citizen Institute, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was...
Mini-BOTS: is Italy on its way to installing a parallel currency?
After the recent European Parliament elections, commentators concluded two things: the political centre, though much more scattered,...
Eurostat statistics show naturalisation rates in the EU
Every year Eurostat, the statistical bureau of the European Union, publishes statistics on citizenship matters in the different EU member...
How did citizenship historically develop in China?
As Future Citizen Institute continues to analyse contemporary citizenship practices and identify trends that could lead to a form of...
Is multiculturalism on the rise in East Asia?
Japan is probably the most-cited example of a country experiencing a rapid population decline. Previous Future Citizen Institute episodes...
What explains the sharp drop in naturalisation applications in the US?
When President Trump announced his new "merit-based" immigration plan last month, he was already well into the third year of his...
What is global citizenship education?
Global citizenship is the idea that instead of being the citizen of any particular country in the world, that everyone is a citizen of...
Blockchain Watch
Facebook’s Stablecoin “GlobalCoin” June 2019 will see the revealing of Facebook’s own cryptocurrency. It is reported that their...
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