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RIP the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment?

Less than 3 months after the two sides agreed on a political deal, things took a turn to the...

Leslie Zelinka
Mar 29, 2021 3 min read

Governments vs social media reloaded

After many years of “neglect” (freedom) 2021 might bring a strong regulation phase for Big Tech. Social media, or...

Leslie Zelinka
Feb 25, 2021 3 min read

When going green, slow might be better

„Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast.” /William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet/ The tragic story of Romeo and...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 18, 2021 3 min read

Dutch government resigns after benefit scandal

Given the chaos in the US and the spread of COVID-19 mutations, a less reported news from mid-January was...

Marta Loeb
Jan 29, 2021 3 min read

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First there were the Black Swans, now you have…

Every aspiring IR student knows that there are known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. Or that there are low probability/high impact scenarios. Or...

Christopher Tapp
Nov 7, 2020 5 min read

The future US – UK special relations looks blurry

The latest round of negotiations ended, quite predictably, with no result. And with the EU ruling out the possibility of a special Brexit summit...

Leslie Zelinka
Oct 28, 2020 3 min read

Rough weeks in France

16 October, 2020. Samuel Paty, a history teacher was beheaded in a Parisian suburb in what President Emmanuel Macron has called an “Islamist terrorist...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 23, 2020 7 min read

Trump vs Biden, first round

I wrote this article before the big COVID-19 chaos took over the White House, thought for days about rewriting it, but, in the end,...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 9, 2020 4 min read

Breaking Bad. London Edition.

Being so close to each other, it is hard to imagine that the UK and the EU can coexist successfully without a strong cooperation,...

Marta Loeb
Oct 2, 2020 3 min read

A good strategy is needed. This time for migration.

Moria…You fear to go into those mines. … You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame. (J.R.R. Tolkien: The...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 28, 2020 5 min read

A down-to-earth approach to the Belarus crisis

Every politician in Europe should keep a copy of Richard Rumelt’s Good Strategy/Bad Strategy on his or her table. To know the difference between...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 18, 2020 4 min read

Your Opinion is Highly Appreciated: Is the Future Really…

As part of my summer reading list (that contains among others A Gentleman in Moscow, from Amor Towles, a truly good read, or Radical...

Marta Loeb
Sep 16, 2020 5 min read

On Project Veritas, CNN and mainstream media Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hamlet’s evergreen is probably greener than ever, at least when it comes to mainstream media. As a foreword: Project Veritas is not an honorable organization. Its... Read More

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