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Beyond the Dust: the Trump-Xi meeting

The long-awaited summit between President Trump and President Xi was sold to the public (as usual) with the kind...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 19, 2026 2 min read

Systemic problems in Greece not only contribute to the surge in illegal migration at the coasts of Crete but can also destabilize the EU as a whole

When Greece warned the EU’s top officials and executive bodies last summer about the obvious signs of Libya weaponizing...

Christopher Tapp
May 15, 2026 4 min read

Return of refugees to their countries of origin or, granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants: two different approaches to handle Europe’s most pressing problem

While Madrid approved new legislation in April that will give legal status to more than 500,000 unauthorized immigrants who...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 29, 2026 3 min read

The Ukrainian Game of Drones’ latest episodes could mean the arrival of extra funds … but to whom exactly?

Following a series of deals with Gulf countries, Ukraine has signed new defence agreements in the Middle East. Is...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 24, 2026 3 min read

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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

Sebastian Kurz’s I Told You Moment

It takes only one bold statement to put you back in the centre of attention. Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz knows this very well....

Ana Richter
Feb 11, 2025 2 min read