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Ukraine’s War Can’t Hide Its Corruption Fault Lines

When President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Servant of the People faction abruptly moved in July 2025 to weaken Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption agencies, the backlash...
Christopher Tapp
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How does an economic and social crisis in Germany…

Speaking at a conference of his centre-right CDU party on 23 August, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that the German welfare system in its...
Christopher Tapp
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The Power of Negotiations

The freshly signed peace deal might or might not herald a true “historic dawn of a new Middle East” or be just as ‘strong,...
Ana Richter
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Key Takeaways from the Portuguese Elections

Portugal held local elections on October 12, 2025. The surprise results delivered a stinging rebuke to the far-right hopefuls. The Portuguese “bad boy” and...
Arrigo Mazzi
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10 years of Willkommenskultur

Exactly ten years ago, on August 31, 2015, German Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel held a press conference, right after visiting a refugee camp in Dresden....
Christopher Tapp
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No more place left for our kids in European…

In several European countries, it would be reasonable to display a ’Full’ sign on schools, considering that immigration into Europe with record-breaking numbers every...
Christopher Tapp
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The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility…

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a trade coalition with a group...
Ana Richter
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The issue of responsibility in the lack of results…

Despite Turkish officials said that talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia were ’more positive than expected,’ both suffering Ukrainians and pro-peace European citizens...
Christopher Tapp
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