Brad K. Blitz

Brad K. Blitz is Professor of International Politics at Middlesex University, Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre, Geneva and a visiting professor in the Institute of Global Affairs at the Lo

Rethinking divorce: the rights of UK nationals are at risk

The PM alone made the decision to leave the EU on the basis of the referendum result: Article 50 was invoked before setting out what type of Brexit the country would pursue.

By Brad K. Blitz

/ 29 Jan 2019

Ethnic cleansing and the price of silence

For years Rohingya have been fleeing Myanmar by any means possible. It is time to re-examine theses advanced by Arendt and Staub, taking the role of bystanders far more seriously.

By Brad K. Blitz

/ 15 Sep 2017

Persecution and the threat to the refugee system

We need to accept that for millions of refugees persecution is the principal reason for flight today as it was before, during and after the Holocaust.

By Brad K. Blitz

/ 27 Jan 2017

From refugees to prisoners

New data show that large swathes of the European public want their governments to show more solidarity with refugees, but instead the EU-Turkey deal has paved the way to mass detention.

By Brad K. Blitz

/ 25 May 2016