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A few takeaways from the SOTEU 2022

Just as it was expected, there was nothing particularly ground-shaking in the fifty-something minute long address of European Commission...

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 15, 2022 4 min read

Countdown to the SOTEU 2022

In a few days, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will once again stand behind the lectern bearing...

Leslie Zelinka
Sep 11, 2022 5 min read

Russia’s new-old friends

In time of need, Russia used the July 19 Tehran meeting to reach out to some partners, both old...

Marta Loeb
Jul 26, 2022 4 min read

Poland demands harsher sanctions, Germany follows hesitantly

Amidst the renewed arguments about whether sanctions are enough or not against Russia (as some saw the rapid recovery...

Leslie Zelinka
Apr 22, 2022 2 min read

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Quo vadis, World Order?

The Expo 2020 in Dubai gave home to a monster-gathering on March 29-30, the World Government Summit (lucky, isn’t it, that the COVID pandemic...

Marta Loeb
Apr 8, 2022 3 min read

German-Chinese relations after Ukraine

While now the focus is on severing the country’s economic ties with Russia, the real challenge for Berlin will come only after. The era...

Leslie Zelinka
Apr 5, 2022 3 min read

A question about the urgency of the Green Transition

The latest round of negotiations on new sanctions against Russia reached not much. In fact, it clearly showed the limits of European willingness to...

Leslie Zelinka
Apr 3, 2022 2 min read

Behind the united front …

The West showed an unprecedented united front when presented with the ugly realities of war in Ukraine, and not just in standing together and...

Marta Loeb
Mar 26, 2022 4 min read

Summits galore in Europe

After a series of visits of lower ranking American dignitaries, now it is time for President Joe Biden to show the unity and determination...

Marta Loeb
Mar 22, 2022 2 min read

The next step: EU-wide solidarity

The EU (and most of the world) has showed an almost incredible level of solidarity towards war-torn Ukraine and towards all the refugees arriving...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 21, 2022 3 min read

Making a case for the words (instead of the…

Right before the Russian invasion, there was a flurry of diplomatic activity in Moscow, with presidents, prime ministers (chancellors) or ministers of foreign affairs...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 20, 2022 2 min read

The refugee crisis in Ukraine mobilizes the neighbors

The refugee crisis in Ukraine didn’t start with the Russian invasion. At least not this one. Already after the annexation of the Crimea, millions...

Leslie Zelinka
Mar 19, 2022 2 min read

To ship or not to ship Holding a press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, referring to the war in Ukraine, that “there can be no winner, but there are a large number of... Read More

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