OBJECTIVO – Page 2

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

A Tale of Different Perspectives

During the last couple of days (weeks), the leadership of the EU has proved, once again, that they are...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 7, 2025 2 min read

Von der Leyen: an Agent for the Dark Side or a Completely Clueless Leader?

In a masterclass of impeccable timing, the European Commission announced a fresh funding scheme for Ukraine just as the...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 2, 2025 3 min read

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...

Christopher Tapp
Nov 19, 2025 2 min read

All Stories

Is Merz Playing From the AfD’s Books?

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz finally did what few German politicians (and no chancellors) dared to do for ten years. He declared that Syrians no...

Christopher Tapp
Nov 25, 2025 2 min read

From techical body into political actor: Ursula von ever?

If European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen continues to concentrate power in her hands, she is unlikely to maintain neither the support of...

Christopher Tapp
Nov 22, 2025 3 min read

The Grand Tariff Truce That Wasn’t

A supposed diplomatic masterstroke of late 2025 saw Donald Trump and Xi Jinping “agree” to claw back some of their own trade-war excesses, for...

Arrigo Mazzi
Nov 15, 2025 2 min read

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
Nov 13, 2025 4 min read

Merz and immigration

One had to be completely oblivious of the new German reality to be surprised by the results of the latest Civey survey. According to...

Ana Richter
Nov 11, 2025 2 min read

Dutch Elections 2025: Nothing Out of the Ordinary?

The results are in, the celebratory parties are over (if there were at all) and the dust is settling. The next few weeks will...

Christopher Tapp
Nov 9, 2025 2 min read

How to Solve the Gordian Knot of Financing Ukraine

European leaders have several fierce battles ahead of them, but maybe none of them will be as difficult to solve as the crucial issue...

Ana Richter
Nov 6, 2025 4 min read

Japan Treats Energy Like Gravity. Europe Treats it Like…

In the global debate on energy policy, there’s a quiet divide between those who see physics as a negotiable concept and those who don’t....

Ana Richter
Nov 3, 2025 2 min read