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The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility…

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a trade coalition with a group...
Ana Richter
5 min read

The issue of responsibility in the lack of results…

Despite Turkish officials said that talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia were ’more positive than expected,’ both suffering Ukrainians and pro-peace European citizens...
Christopher Tapp
7 min read

Madam Transparency and Her Invisible Texts

In Brussels, irony is practically a member state. Yet, Ursula von der Leyen has achieved something of a miracle: making the European Commission more...
Arrigo Mazzi
2 min read

Trump’s Pressure Cooker Diplomacy

It happened again. Just when pundits and diplomats had confidently declared Donald Trump’s signature tactics dead on arrival, the former president dusted off his...
Arrigo Mazzi
3 min read

Meloni’s Solo Act in Europe’s Trade Drama

If you’ve been wondering where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been while President Trump unleashed a tariff tantrum threatening to kneecap...
Arrigo Mazzi
3 min read

Dream big, spend big

the EU’s draft budget for 2028-2034 However distant these years may seem, it is, in fact, not too early to raise questions about the...
Christopher Tapp
6 min read

Half full – half empty: the case of USAID

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This ancient sounding wisdom was probably coined in 1977, by then-President Jimmy Carter’s Director of the Office...
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

European Commission President marches into battle with a shield…

Last year, in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission has portayed herself as...
Christopher Tapp
5 min read

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