British Muslims have been cast into the spotlight with the recent terrorist attacks in Britain. It is clear that engaging with them will play an important role in the preventing Islamic extremists.
How to avoid home-grown Islamic extremism
Britain’s counter-terrorism policy and its Muslim citizens integration (Part I)
By Borja Lasheras, 12th July 2007
Gordon Brown and the continuation of the “Third Route” 
By Alfredo Crespo Alcázar(for Safe Democracy)
Party member Gordon Brown has officially taken over for Tony Blair as the party leader and as Britain’s Prime Minister after taking the lead of the left party movement; since confirming the future of the third route.
Leaders, swingers and alliances after the legislative elections of May 27th
By Ricardo Angoso (for Safe Democracy)
Ricardo Angoso analyzes the results of the recent municipal and autonomous elections in Spain, concluding that the two main parties, PP and PSOE, will have to work hard to obtain the two million swing votes that will be decisive in the Presidential elections in March of 2008. The following article envisions four scenarios for Spanish politics after the technical draw.
PLUS: “Beyond Mere Divergences: Spain, Two Antiterrorist Policies“, by Javier Ortiz
The effect of new technologies on Swedish politics 
By Per Persson (for Safe Democracy)
Per Persson analyzes the controversial use of blogging as a campaign tool in Sweden. He notes that some critics claim blogs give too much power to the politicians that use them, but dispels that notion using one Swedish politician’s successful blog as an example. He proposes that as long as the media continues to keep politicians in check, blogs can be used as tools for the strengthening of democracy.
An alternative to Brussels or a changing state? 
By Adri
Why Madrid and Paris Are Growing Closer 
By Sagrario Morán (for Safe Democracy)
Sagrario Morán writes on how Sarkozy’s victory will be good for the PP, bad for the PSOE, and important in bringing Madrid and Paris closer in their cooperation against the terrorism of ETA and Al Qaeda.
By Martin Varsavsky
Martin Varsavsky analyzes the recent surge of neo-Nazism in Russia and highlights the irony that many people in Russia, the country hit hardest by the Nazi regime in the Second World War, are now adopting that same fascist ideology. Varsavsky offers that a main cause for this phenomenon is a European identity crisis that has particularly affected Russia, where a lack of options has left a sector of young people vulnerable to this violent and xenophobic movement.
The future of France depends on the center
By Miguel Angel Benedicto (for Safe Democracy)
Miguel Angel Benedicto analyzes the Presidential elections now in their second round in France. As the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy competes with lefitist Segolene Royal for the Presidency, the victor will depend heavily on the votes of the 18 percent of the electorate who supported centrist Francois Bayrou. In Benedicto’s opinion, whoever wins will have to deal with economic recession, and carry out the necessary reforms to help France recover from the impasse that has been slowing its growth since 1997.
Changes in the Russian Security Agenda
Reconsidering relations between Moscow, Washington, and Brussels
By Rafael Calduch Cervera, 17th April 2007
Rafael Calduch Cervera explains the transformation of the Russian security agenda, culminating in Putin’s speech at the 43rd International Security Policy Conference in which he promised to oppose the unilateral hegemony of the United States when necessary to preserve Russia’s best interests. In Calduch Cervera’s opinion, the current President of the United States transformed the history of past multilateral action by unilaterally invading Iraq, and Russia has followed suit, transforming its security agenda on all fronts. The Western powers must take Putin’s statement very seriously in order to uphold good relations with Russia for the greater stability of Europe and the world.
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