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Takeaways from the Putin – Xi meeting

It might have been a “bro fest celebrating authoritarian power”, as it was said by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore). Or it might have been...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

The ‘Nord Stream-investigation’ tragicomedy goes on

There is a scene in the 1997 American political satire Wag the Dog, when the two main protagonists, Conrad Brean and Stanley Motss have...
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

The Ukrainian Stone Soup

Most of us are familiar with the folk story “Stone Soup”. The settings and the main characters may be slightly different in every country....
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

Key takeaways from the State of the Union Speech

Maybe with a little less fanfare than usually, but U.S. President Joe Biden has delivered his annual State of the Union speech to Congress...
Marta Loeb
2 min read

France and Germany on the way of reconciliation

It’s been several weeks ago that President Biden introduced his Inflation Reduction Act, as the multibillion-dollar green subsidies act got dubbed. While it was...
Marta Loeb
2 min read

Key takeaways from Davos

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is (finally) over. From one point of view, it was a great success: there were more...
Marta Loeb
3 min read

From Stockholm with love

Fireworks in Stockholm meant the beginning of the New Year and the beginning of the Swedish rotating presidency of the European Council. While, in...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

The hottest topics to watch in 2023

From prolonged pre-2024 election season in the US to rising tensions all around Asia and the Middle East, the world faces a host of...
Christopher Tapp
4 min read

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