OBJECTIVO – Page 15

The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility of a U-turn towards China

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a...

Ana Richter
Jul 7, 2025 5 min read

The issue of responsibility in the lack of results in the Ukrainian peace process

Despite Turkish officials said that talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia were ’more positive than expected,’ both suffering...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 2, 2025 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:...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 20, 2025 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...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 14, 2025 3 min read

All Stories

Will Swiss Neutrality Take a Long Lunch Break?

Swiss people are proud of their clocks, chocolate, cheese, green pastures, tall mountains, crystal clear blue lakes (save for the ones they filled with...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 5, 2024 6 min read

The New von der Leyen Commission: an Orwellian interpretation…

George Orwell’s anti-utopian satire, Animal Farm might have been written with the Soviet Union in mind, it still has as much value and insight...

Ana Richter
Oct 3, 2024 3 min read

The rise of the Baltics and what is behind

There is nothing new about the idea that the Baltic States are considered US political labs in Europe – safe coutries where new ’recepies’...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 29, 2024 7 min read

The “Trumptopia” of saving the dollar.

Donald Trump brought the issue of “dollar dominance” to the spotlight once more. As the election campaign enters its final stage, one of his...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 25, 2024 4 min read

Financing Ukraine – should it be at the expense…

Though the end of the war in Ukraine is nowhere near in sight, the problem of eventual rebuilding is already the subject of many...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 25, 2024 3 min read

A new fantasy novel? Nope, the Draghi Report.

When on 16 August 2022 the U.S. Congress adopted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), that was swiftly signed into law by President Joe Biden,...

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 22, 2024 6 min read

Zeitenwende? It’s rather a Wetterfahne.

On 27 February 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a bold speech in the Bundestag. It was there, standing under the magnificent glass dome...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 19, 2024 3 min read

Can Germany trigger a domino effect in EU?

Germany, where a couple of weeks ago the far-right won a landslide victory in regional elections in the Eastern part of the country, has...

Arrigo Mazzi
Sep 17, 2024 6 min read