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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

Europe once again between the hammer and anvil

Europe stands united behind Ukraine and is, as of now willing to pay the price of this decision. As...

Marta Loeb
Mar 2, 2022 4 min read

Is something rotten in the Netherlands….

Though I’m not a great believer of „national characteristics”, a.k.a. stereotypes, e.g. that every Scotsman is miserly and every...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 13, 2021 3 min read

Why the EU should maybe reconsider its attitude towards walls

As the fourth (third? fifth?) wave of COVID hit Europe and as all eyes were fixed on Glasgow, a...

Marta Loeb
Nov 19, 2021 5 min read

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Who will join the EU next?

Pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signing the country’s official request to join the EU were hot topics all over Europe. So was his...

Marta Loeb
Mar 7, 2022 3 min read

When trust is lost…

We might never know whether it was an enormous miscalculation on Russia’s side or a deliberate act to hasten the turning-away from the post-Cold...

Leslie Zelinka
Mar 4, 2022 2 min read

What the Ukraine crisis could mean to Article 7…

Amidst the ever-growing tension on the borders of Ukraine, it basically went on unnoticed, at least was acknowledged without much upheaval, that, on February...

Leslie Zelinka
Mar 3, 2022 2 min read

The EU stands united

For the third time since the end of WWII, Russian tanks are roaring on the streets of European cities to stop or turn back...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 2, 2022 3 min read

In need of a Rumpelstiltskin for Ukraine

The fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are full of wisdom. The original versions, not necessarily the syrupy-romantic, modern Disney interpretations. The very...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 16, 2022 5 min read

A few thoughts on research funding

A few weeks ago, China’s attempts to influence research on a Dutch university made it to the headlines, being labelled as “one of Europe’s...

Marta Loeb
Feb 12, 2022 4 min read

One year of Biden – how far he got?

It was only a little more than a year ago, that Lady Gaga, with a giant golden brooch on her chest, sang the Star-Spangled...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 9, 2022 3 min read

Macron vs The Prince

From time to time, Facebook (or Meta?) bombards its users with online quizzes, like “Who said this?”, “From which book is this quote?” and...

Marta Loeb
Jan 26, 2022 4 min read

Does Germany pivot to India? Though Chancellor Scholz has no plans to visit Kyiv in the future, he has plenty to do in Berlin. Just recently, he welcomed India’s Prime Minister Modi. (A country that, by the way, has... Read More

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