OBJECTIVO – Page 13

WAR. AT. ANY. PRICE.

Looking back over the past two months, a definite increase of voices in the EU arguing for a more...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 17, 2024 6 min read

Europeans vs Informational Warfare 0:1

One would be excused to think that, given the sheer number of surveillance scandals and data leaks during the...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 15, 2024 3 min read

Polish ’Agro-Transformers’ against Ukrainian grain and, Polish PM Tusk?

’Those tractors are actually Transformers, aren’t they?’ To our family’s general amusement, my 5-year old son asked me this...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 7, 2024 4 min read

European defence games split the EU Member States

On October 9, 2023 the European Council (EUCO) gave a green light to new rules to boost common procurement...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 26, 2024 4 min read

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Europe once again between the hammer and anvil

Europe stands united behind Ukraine and is, as of now willing to pay the price of this decision. As many analysts have pointed already...

Marta Loeb
Mar 2, 2022 4 min read

In need of a Rumpelstiltskin for Ukraine

The fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are full of wisdom. The original versions, not necessarily the syrupy-romantic, modern Disney interpretations. The very...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 16, 2022 5 min read

A few thoughts on research funding

A few weeks ago, China’s attempts to influence research on a Dutch university made it to the headlines, being labelled as “one of Europe’s...

Marta Loeb
Feb 12, 2022 4 min read

One year of Biden – how far he got?

It was only a little more than a year ago, that Lady Gaga, with a giant golden brooch on her chest, sang the Star-Spangled...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 9, 2022 3 min read

Macron vs The Prince

From time to time, Facebook (or Meta?) bombards its users with online quizzes, like “Who said this?”, “From which book is this quote?” and...

Marta Loeb
Jan 26, 2022 4 min read

The EU in 2022

The easiest and probably the safest prediction for 2022 is that it’ll be rather unpredictable, and probably will not have much semblance to what...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 21, 2022 4 min read

Preparations for a Post-Merkel EU

As the post-Merkel era seems more difficult to cooperate with and probably also less predictable, it was just the question of time that Paris...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 30, 2021 2 min read

A few thoughts on the Summit for Democracy

Summit for Democracy was the name of the most prestigious (?) online event of the previous week, hosted by President Biden. When then presidential...

Leslie Zelinka
Dec 27, 2021 3 min read

The problem with political prophecies On March 29 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gave an interview to European media grouping LENA, making his views very clear about the future of Europe. He warned that Europe entered a “pre-war era”,... Read More

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