OBJECTIVO – Page 9

Daring to say it out loud …

The age-old adage says that the boss is always right. Then, Rule #2 says that if the boss is...

Leslie Zelinka
Apr 23, 2024 3 min read

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

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Countdown to the SOTEU 2022

In a few days, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will once again stand behind the lectern bearing the logo of the European...

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 11, 2022 5 min read

To cap or not to cap

The last few days saw a series of desperate last-minute efforts to tackle the looming energy price crisis of the EU, starting from Sweden’s...

Marta Loeb
Sep 6, 2022 3 min read

How to proceed with climate talks?

Europe is battling probably its worst summer ever. The scorching heat doesn’t only hurts people, but the economy as well. Water level in Germany’s...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 25, 2022 2 min read

Quo vadis European energy crisis?

In the latest twist and turn of the Brazilian telenovela called “EU energy crisis”, on July 30, Russian gas provider Gazprom announced a halt...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 13, 2022 3 min read

The lessons China learned

Various U.S. and European officials have repeatedly declared that they were not simply aware that China was observantly following the events of Ukraine, but...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 30, 2022 3 min read

Russia’s new-old friends

In time of need, Russia used the July 19 Tehran meeting to reach out to some partners, both old and not so old. Officially...

Marta Loeb
Jul 26, 2022 4 min read

The lessons from the negotiations on the ban of…

After a few weeks spent with intense debates, the leaders of the EU finally managed to reach an agreement on the sixth sanctions package...

Leslie Zelinka
Jun 20, 2022 4 min read

Ukraine’s EU dreams: supported in theory, but how to…

On her surprise visit to Kyiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tried to sound as positive as she could, reassuring President Zelensky...

Leslie Zelinka
Jun 15, 2022 4 min read

Green, Greener, Greenest … or not In the year 1789, something new and inspiring began. On July 14, the Bastille, the notorious prison in the outskirts of Paris was stormed by the angry crowd, signaling the beginning of the end... Read More

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