Thailand hasn’t stripped a dual national of citizenship since 1965. Kuwait tolerated it for decades, then revoked 50,000 citizenships in a year.
More than three decades after the Soviet flag came down, its heirs diverged: EU passports in the Baltics, easy residency in the Caucasus, new golden visas in Central Asia, and Moscow’s own offer.
As candidate countries come to terms with the improbability of accession, they’ll be less likely to toe the EU line, argues Saahil Menon.
Over the last seven years alone, the number of formal citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) has grown from two to twelve,
