OBJECTIVO – Page 4

The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility of a U-turn towards China

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a...

Ana Richter
Jul 7, 2025 5 min read

The issue of responsibility in the lack of results in the Ukrainian peace process

Despite Turkish officials said that talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia were ’more positive than expected,’ both suffering...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 2, 2025 7 min read

Madam Transparency and Her Invisible Texts

In Brussels, irony is practically a member state. Yet, Ursula von der Leyen has achieved something of a miracle:...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 20, 2025 2 min read

Trump’s Pressure Cooker Diplomacy

It happened again. Just when pundits and diplomats had confidently declared Donald Trump’s signature tactics dead on arrival, the...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 14, 2025 3 min read

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Unless the EU takes preventive actions, another migration crisis…

Although Italy and Greece have repeatedly warned Brussels that the situation in Libya is becoming a threat to European security, the EU leadership does...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jul 30, 2025 4 min read

The Not-So-Innocent Lamb

There was an abundance of reports of (suspected or proven) human rights abuses on Russia’s side ever since the start of the war in...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 23, 2025 2 min read

The Next Wave: A tale of delusions and conspiracy…

God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee. (Herman Melville: Moby-Dick) From many points of views, the authors of...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jul 18, 2025 3 min read

A Costly Miscalculation: Migration

The European Commission’s 2025 Annual Report on Taxation paints a dire picture of Europe’s fiscal health. Declining revenues, unsustainable labor tax dependence, and a...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 15, 2025 3 min read

Better to forget a merit-based EU enlargement?

Enlargement of the European Union, which used to be the result of a merit and value based procedure, no longer exists. This is the...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 11, 2025 4 min read

NATO’s Budget Rebel: Spain

At the June 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, the former (and in that position very frugal) Dutch Prime Minister, currently NATO Secretary General...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jul 4, 2025 2 min read

One of the EU’s biggest success stories or, the…

40 years of Schengen When this April the EU celebrated the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement on free movement, there...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 1, 2025 3 min read

The erosion of democracy in Greece should be a…

Given the shameful developments in Greek domestic politics in recent years, it looks as if European democracy was shot in the heart right there...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 27, 2025 5 min read