OBJECTIVO

Following Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, would the EU impose sanctions on the US?

Given the EU’s nineteen sanction packages imposed on Russia in response to Moscow’s ’military operation’, i.e. full-scale war against...
Arrigo Mazzi
Jan 13, 2026 3 min read

Billions to Ukraine: Yes. Implementing the Draghi Report: No.

On September 9 2024, former ECB President Mario Draghi published a landmark report. A document of approximately 400 pages,...
Christopher Tapp
Jan 10, 2026 2 min read

With the Pact for the Mediterranean, the EU opened a door to migration while degrading entire Erasmus generations in Europe

While the EU-Middle East and North Africa (MENA) pact undoubtably has real political advantages, its long-term migratory effect also...
Christopher Tapp
Dec 22, 2025 3 min read

Never underestimate thy enemy

He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily. There’s a plethora of things the...
Christopher Tapp
Dec 8, 2025 1 min read

All Stories

The EU struggles with the new reality

Though probably nobody expected that President Trump kept ‘business as usual’, the pace and extent of the twist(s) left European leaders clutching their pearls...
Arrigo Mazzi
Mar 6, 2025 2 min read

Kaja in Security Wonderland

The Trump-Zelensky meeting prompted a series of unseen events. Among them the European Union trying on the cloak of a global security leader, aiming...
Arrigo Mazzi
Mar 4, 2025 5 min read

Key takeaways from the German elections

Germany has voted. As the voters flocked to the polling stations to cast their ballots on the (only) fourth snap elections since WWII, excitement...
Ana Richter
Feb 27, 2025 2 min read

The Great European Waiting Game

It is often said that history is shaped by great leaders with bold visions. Then we have the European Commission under Ursula von der...
Christopher Tapp
Feb 24, 2025 2 min read

A Vance-lesson in Munich

On the recent Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech that has ignited a firestorm of debate across Europe. Vance’s...
Christopher Tapp
Feb 23, 2025 2 min read

Half full – half empty: the case of USAID

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This ancient sounding wisdom was probably coined in 1977, by then-President Jimmy Carter’s Director of the Office...
Christopher Tapp
Feb 20, 2025 3 min read

Patriots of Europe convene in Madrid

Freshly inaugurated American President Donald Trump might not be completely on Europe’s side (and that’s a euphemism), but many of his first moves are...
Arrigo Mazzi
Feb 18, 2025 2 min read

European Commission President marches into battle with a shield…

Last year, in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission has portayed herself as...
Christopher Tapp
Feb 15, 2025 5 min read
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