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Was it a good idea to appoint Balts to…

(Spoiler: No, it was not.) Our topic today should be discussed partly in the context of the traditionally and admittedly troubled Baltic-Russian relations, as...
Christopher Tapp
8 min read

‘America First’ Redux: How Trump’s Harding-Style Tactics Threaten the…

The transatlantic trade war of 2025 bears an uncanny resemblance to the debt crises of the 1920s — and Donald Trump’s ‘refusal’ to negotiate...
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

The EU Commission Easing On GDPR: What About Our…

During the drafting process of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, which took effect in 2018, the proposal drew a...
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

The EU Commission’s biased system of likes and dislikes…

What determines whether a Member State’s decision on migration is welcomed or rejected by Brussels? Depending on the subjective preferences of the key decision-makers,...
Ana Richter
5 min read

The EU Bureaucracy Showcased its Talents

Nobody has ever claimed that the EU was a lean, efficient and streamlined machine working with the speed of light – except for the...
Arrigo Mazzi
2 min read

China’s Financial Fortress

You can answer in two ways to Washington’s rather stormy and unpredictable ‘Trumponomics’. (Well, technically, you can answer with loads of subtle variations, but...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

Trump’s cat-and-mouse game with the EU

As US President Donald Trump’s newly imposed tariffs caused a market chaos which reached every corner of global finance and economy, he seemed unaffected...
Ana Richter
4 min read

EU recommendations against high inflation and rising costs of…

Despite the fact that the latest Eurobarometer survey shows that European citizens are far more concerned about the steep rise in the costs of...
Christopher Tapp
4 min read

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