Who among those in the Conservative Party will win the party’s favor, take on the mantle of government, and assume responsibility for the Brexit process? Editor-in-Chief Cameron Vaské sits down with our “Brexit Secretary in Opposition” Gregor Catto to find out what the Conservative Party Leadership Race means for Britain’s future.

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It’s been just over a year since the United States withdrew from the Joint Cooperative Plan of Action (JCPOA or “Iran Deal”) which it originally negotiated with Iran, the E3 (the U.K., France, and Germany), the EU, China, and Russia. Now, President Rouhani has given the remaining signatories to the JCPOA a 60-day period to demonstrate their goodwill and commitment to delivering economic relief and support for Iran’s struggling economy, per the terms of the JCPOA.

As Cameron points out, this has happened before, in parallel, with the 2004 Paris Agreement between the E3, EU, and Iran. The question is: will Europe once again buckle to Washington’s will, or will Europe risk the short-term transatlantic relationship with Trump to save the JCPOA?

Editor-in-Chief Cameron Vaské and Editor Scott Chipolina dive into the trilateral relationship between the United States, the European Union and its member states, and Iran in the latest episode of the ITS Café.

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According to Adam Segal’s seminal book The Hacked World Order, he describes the cybersecurity term “Zero Day” as an “unknown software vulnerabilit[y] that allow[s] an attacker to access a computer, router, or server; never having detected these flaws before, developers have zero days to fix or patch them.”

In the same way, the introduction of cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, mass disinformation, cryptocurrencies, the internet of things, and now, the introduction of 5G, has given makers and analysts of foreign policy zero days to catch up and patch the holes in policy. Policymakers must now reckon with the question: Where are the flaws in our foreign policy, and can we patch them in time?

Chief Editor and host of The ITS Café Cameron Vaské and International Scholars Alba Bonilla Carabaño and Scott Chipolina take a closer look at the world of cybersecurity and its implications for foreign policy, international relations theory, and international law in this episode of The ITS Café.

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Turks went to the polls on March 31st, unseating Erdoğan’s party — the AKP — in Turkey’s three largest cities. Although the municipal elections were a setback, the Turkish President isn’t likely to face the music anytime soon. But what does the development mean for the opposition parties in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir? In Algeria, long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been finally dethroned, but does his departure reflect real change in governance or is it purely cosmetic?

Chief Editor and host of The ITS Café Cameron Vaské, Senior Editor Pranav Jain, and International Scholar Chris Mullaney take a closer look in this episode of The ITS Café.

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Despite two weeks of significant attempts to reverse course on the Brexit process itself, define the options on the table, and to ratify May’s Brexit Deal — including Prime Minister Theresa May’s offer of resignation if her deal passes — and the People’s March for a second referendum, the future of Britain in Europe still remains uncertain.

Chief Editor and host of The ITS Café Cameron Vaské, Senior Editor Pascal LeTendre-Hanns, and International Scholars Scott Chipolina and Gregor Catto discuss these recent developments, political alignments and realignments within the British Parliament and electorate, and examine what the opportunity cost of the all-encompassing focus on Brexit has been to other political issues that the U.K. has since tabled.

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The European Union is often the subject of intense scrutiny, speculation, and deduction, but what are the key coalitions in the European Union that influence its foreign policy? International Scholar Sara Fay, Chief Editor Cameron Vaské, and our special guest Senior Policy Fellow Josef Janning at ECFR look to the future of the European Union and examine the structure and substance of Europe’s internal coalitions and foreign relations in this episode of The ITS Café.

Bookshelf:

- Collapse: Europe After the European Union by Ian Kearns

- The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti

- The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age by Adam Segal

Further Reading:

- The EU Coalition Explorer

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Much is made of increased competition between the Washington and Beijing around the world. Some experts believe that the two are doomed to outright conflict as China, the rising power, challenges the United States, the established global hegemon. Known as the Thucydides Trap, the phenomena is sometimes seen as an unshakeable reality of shifting global power dynamics. But assuming the Thucydides Trap is inevitable for the U.S. and China is itself a trap.

Senior Editors Liam Kraft, Emily Tatum, and Joshua Stowell and Chief Editor Cameron Vaské discuss the ramifications of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington in a new era of global power competition in this episode of The ITS Café.

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The European Union gears up for election season as polls on the upcoming European Parliamentary Elections shed light on shifting political realities in Europe. Spain announces new general elections, and Rome and Paris trade political jabs over the Gilets Jaunes. Senior Editor Pascal Letendre-Hanns and Chief Editor Cameron Vaské examine the changing balance of political power in this episode of The ITS Café.

*Update: Since this recording, Spain’s centrist/centre-right party Ciudadanos has announced it will not form a coalition with Pedro Sánchez or PSOE in the Spanish Parliament following the General Election in April.

Further Reading:

- EU parliament's centrist coalition set to lose majority, poll finds | Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian

(https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/18/eu-parliaments-centrist-coalition-set-to-lose-majority-poll-finds-european-people-party-socialists-democrats)

- La ejecutiva de Ciudadanos decide por unanimidad no pactar con el PSOE tras las generales | Elsa García de Blas and José Marcos, El País

(https://elpais.com/politica/2019/02/18/actualidad/1550495141_748408.html)

- ¿Por qué un veto al PSOE y no a Vox? | Jorge Galindo, El País

(https://elpais.com/politica/2019/02/18/actualidad/1550522417_568395.html)

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Following the historic defeat of May’s Brexit Deal in Parliament, what comes next for the process of Brexit? How did we get here? What will happen to Ireland and Northern Ireland? Will there be a no-deal Brexit, and what is the impact of Brexit on the European Elections? Jason Deegan, Daniel Odin Shaw, Senior Editor Pascal Letendre-Hanns, and Chief Editor Cameron Vaské explore these issues at length in The ITS Café.

The ITS Bookshelf:

- A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin by Simon Jenkins

- The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato

- National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy by Matthew Goodwin

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