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A slap across the face of the West?

The West, led by President Biden and the leaders of Europe have been arguing for months for an increase...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 11, 2022 3 min read

A few takeaways from the SOTEU 2022

Just as it was expected, there was nothing particularly ground-shaking in the fifty-something minute long address of European Commission...

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 15, 2022 4 min read

Countdown to the SOTEU 2022

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

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 11, 2022 5 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...

Marta Loeb
Jul 26, 2022 4 min read

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The Ukrainian Stone Soup

Most of us are familiar with the folk story “Stone Soup”. The settings and the main characters may be slightly different in every country....

Christopher Tapp
Feb 17, 2023 3 min read

Key takeaways from the State of the Union Speech

Maybe with a little less fanfare than usually, but U.S. President Joe Biden has delivered his annual State of the Union speech to Congress...

Marta Loeb
Feb 13, 2023 2 min read

Qatargate keeps the EP busy

Qatargate has not rocked the very fundaments of the EU (in fact the European Commission and the European Council have already declared that the...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 3, 2023 2 min read

France and Germany on the way of reconciliation

It’s been several weeks ago that President Biden introduced his Inflation Reduction Act, as the multibillion-dollar green subsidies act got dubbed. While it was...

Marta Loeb
Jan 29, 2023 2 min read

Key takeaways from Davos

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is (finally) over. From one point of view, it was a great success: there were more...

Marta Loeb
Jan 26, 2023 3 min read

From Stockholm with love

Fireworks in Stockholm meant the beginning of the New Year and the beginning of the Swedish rotating presidency of the European Council. While, in...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 12, 2023 2 min read

The hottest topics to watch in 2023

From prolonged pre-2024 election season in the US to rising tensions all around Asia and the Middle East, the world faces a host of...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 4, 2023 4 min read

A few takeaways from the “Qatar scandal”

The wisdom behind the ancient, biblical quote should have been a warning for the EU that had been rocked by the Qatar corruption scandal....

Christopher Tapp
Dec 19, 2022 3 min read

The ‘Nord Stream-investigation’ tragicomedy goes on There is a scene in the 1997 American political satire Wag the Dog, when the two main protagonists, Conrad Brean and Stanley Motss have a conversation: CB: You watched the Gulf War, what do... Read More

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