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Meloni’s Solo Act in Europe’s Trade Drama

If you’ve been wondering where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been while President Trump unleashed a...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 2, 2025 3 min read

Dream big, spend big

the EU’s draft budget for 2028-2034 However distant these years may seem, it is, in fact, not too early...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 20, 2025 6 min read

Half full – half empty: the case of USAID

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This ancient sounding wisdom was probably coined in 1977, by then-President Jimmy...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 20, 2025 3 min read

European Commission President marches into battle with a shield of democracy raised …against democracy itself

Last year, in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 15, 2025 5 min read

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The Trumpian way to aid Ukraine

In a (not-so-surprising) political shift, the United States has adopted a pragmatic approach toward its support for Ukraine, connecting economic interests with political support...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 9, 2025 2 min read

’Je suis Ukraine’, Europe tells Trump then it sinks…

This is exactly how Europe’s future looks like as it tries to save Ukraine at all costs, insisting on the principle of ’peace through...

Ana Richter
Mar 8, 2025 4 min read

The EU struggles with the new reality

Though probably nobody expected that President Trump kept ‘business as usual’, the pace and extent of the twist(s) left European leaders clutching their pearls...

Arrigo Mazzi
Mar 6, 2025 2 min read

Kaja in Security Wonderland

The Trump-Zelensky meeting prompted a series of unseen events. Among them the European Union trying on the cloak of a global security leader, aiming...

Arrigo Mazzi
Mar 4, 2025 5 min read

Key takeaways from the German elections

Germany has voted. As the voters flocked to the polling stations to cast their ballots on the (only) fourth snap elections since WWII, excitement...

Ana Richter
Feb 27, 2025 2 min read

The Great European Waiting Game

It is often said that history is shaped by great leaders with bold visions. Then we have the European Commission under Ursula von der...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 24, 2025 2 min read

A Vance-lesson in Munich

On the recent Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech that has ignited a firestorm of debate across Europe. Vance’s...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 23, 2025 2 min read

Patriots of Europe convene in Madrid

Freshly inaugurated American President Donald Trump might not be completely on Europe’s side (and that’s a euphemism), but many of his first moves are...

Arrigo Mazzi
Feb 18, 2025 2 min read

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In the clash of the European elites, Trumpists seem to win the day Many experts agree that, with the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January for his second term as U.S. President, major changes in the U.S.-EU relations have begun. Some also warn that, this new... Read More

Bye-bye, Wilkommenskultur but what to do with Syrian refugees? The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has caused millions of Syrian refugees to experience a moment of immense happiness – something they had absolutely not anticipated having felt in their lives.... Read More

A controversial parting gift from President Biden A presidential pardon is a rare move, and it should be so. A pardon in a not yet resolved case should be even more exceptional, let alone to do it for the president’s own... Read More

With Friends Like These… In an alarming echo of the previous Nord Stream sabotage, Slovak authorities have expressed concerns about a possible attack on the Druzhba pipeline. Slovakia’s Interior Minister, Matúš Šutaj Eštok revealed that security personnel apprehended... Read More

Selling the Ukrainian dream seems to be a failure in the U.S. ’Volodymyr Zelenskyy has come to the U.S. with a mission: to sell his vision for a Ukrainian victory despite the growing odds against Kyiv in its war with Russia.’, The Guardian said in its... Read More

National legislative arsenals are ready for use against European rules Critical level in negative impacts of mass migration have been reached in EU this year which led to a new, almost rebellious approach in a number of Member States to the problems: capitals decided... Read More

Will Swiss Neutrality Take a Long Lunch Break? Swiss people are proud of their clocks, chocolate, cheese, green pastures, tall mountains, crystal clear blue lakes (save for the ones they filled with ammunition) and their county’s neutrality. (They also love their secretive... Read More

The New von der Leyen Commission: an Orwellian interpretation of equal? George Orwell’s anti-utopian satire, Animal Farm might have been written with the Soviet Union in mind, it still has as much value and insight as it ever had. Particularly relevant is the Seventh Commandment,... Read More

Storm in a Tweet-Cup: Keir Starmer’s Missile Mishap In his first week as British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer made significant strides on the international stage, particularly at the NATO summit in Washington. There, he emphasized a strong commitment to NATO and urged... Read More

In liberal democracies, disagreement with mainstream is no longer tolerated What has led to the return of assassinations to politics, both in Europe and in America? Is it the deterioration of political discourse, the more aggressive communication, or the war in Ukraine that is... Read More

Von der Leyen’s vicious master plan to keep power With the upcoming European election, the science-fiction world of digital geopolitics seems to be turning into reality. In this new reality, far right can play a key role and that may push European Commission... Read More

Franco-German bromance reloaded? With less than one week before the EU elections, time is running out for those wishing to modify the projected outcome. No wonder that President Macron had an official visit in Germany, the first... Read More

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 former president dusted off his favorite tool, a.k.a. the “pressure cooker diplomacy”, and gave it... Read More