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Dismissing Escalation Fears is Both Bold and Baffling

In a surprising turn of events, Western leaders have recently begun downplaying fears of escalation in the ongoing war...
Christopher Tapp
Sep 10, 2024 5 min read

Aufwiedersehen, Willkommenskultur? Not yet.

The western German city of Solingen had been famous for its many factories producing high-quality knifes and blades. Tradition...
Christopher Tapp
Sep 3, 2024 4 min read

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,...
Ana Richter
Aug 26, 2024 3 min read

Brussels leaves Member States alone when it comes to applying sanctions

There are many tourist attractions in Latvia that belong to either the categories of ’must see’ or ’no go...
Christopher Tapp
Aug 25, 2024 4 min read

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The AfD won big, the rest needs to draw…

As the election results trickle in from Thüringen (Thuringia) and Sachsen (Saxony), two things are certain. One is that the political discourse of the...
Arrigo Mazzi
Sep 12, 2024 3 min read

Georgia’s Strategic Retreat: Balancing National Interests and Western Disapproval

In the complex chessboard of geopolitics, Georgia has long been a crucial piece, strategically situated between Russia and the West. Over the past decade,...
Ana Richter
Sep 7, 2024 4 min read

Equality in gender – equality in corruption?

Ursula von der Leyen is facing an apparently difficult task as she is trying to finalise the composition of the next European Commission, as...
Ana Richter
Sep 5, 2024 4 min read

A Danish solution to methane emissions: tax on livestock

Denmark certainly made it to the headlines when it decided to implement a carbon tax on livestock, pushing the gassy cows and pigs in...
Arrigo Mazzi
Aug 29, 2024 4 min read

A Maverick Historian with Unorthodox Thoughts

Emmanuel Todd, the Cambridge-educated French philosopher-historian-sociologist-political scientist is known for his “controversial” or “unorthodox views”. Not completely unfounded thoughts, though, as his 1976 prediction...
Ana Richter
Aug 28, 2024 5 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
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