OBJECTIVO – Page 17

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

Who needs enemies with friends like these?

The pictures of gas bubbling up to the surface of the Baltic Sea had barely appeared on the screens, when the first claims appeared...

Ana Richter
Aug 26, 2024 3 min read

Brussels leaves Member States alone when it comes to…

There are many tourist attractions in Latvia that belong to either the categories of ’must see’ or ’no go zone’, depending on how much...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 25, 2024 4 min read

A game changer or a risky gamble? Only time…

News arrived first only sparsely, more like rumours than facts for the first few hours and days, but then turned into a tide as...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 23, 2024 3 min read

At Macron’s Olympics, ’difference’ triumphed over ’normality’

As the Paris Olympic Games have ended, it is worth looking back and assessing them – this time, not in terms of the athletes’...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 20, 2024 3 min read

Carles “Robin Hood” Puigdemont’s cat and mouse game with…

Like a modern-day Robin Hood, an outlaw defying authorities, embodying public dissatisfaction with unfair and tyrannical laws. Exiled ex-Catalan separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont’s quick...

Arrigo Mazzi
Aug 17, 2024 3 min read

A vote for a stronger European Parliament

All the talk about the “democracy deficit” of the EU is nothing new. In fact, it started in the late ‘70s and has been...

Leslie Zelinka
Aug 15, 2024 3 min read

A few thoughts on the “prisoner swap of the…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris waited for them in person, on the tarmac. (So did President Putin in Moscow, though he...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 13, 2024 3 min read

How to lose peace in 10 days

The immediate cause of the events was a horrible knife attack in the picturesque seaside town of Southport (Merseyside, England). Three young girls were...

Ana Richter
Aug 10, 2024 3 min read