OBJECTIVO – Page 50

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

All Stories

Evaluating the Finnish Presidency: Great Promises Worse-Than-Expected Execution

The six months of the Finnish Presidency flew by like a second and by now it’s time for the Croatian Presidency to work day...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 13, 2020 3 min read

Greta Thunberg – a more correct picture

Beyond the marketing – the quick rise of Greta and all those behind it First, let me be clear. I’m not against Greta Thunberg....

Marta Loeb
Dec 30, 2019 1 min read

Everything that’s wrong with Macron’s enlargement non-paper in 2…

Christmas is around the corner, everyone’s busy with planning, baking, buying, wrapping and decorating, so I’ll try to keep this as short as possible....

Marta Loeb
Dec 20, 2019 3 min read

A few reasons for EU enlargement

It’s been 16 years since the Thessaloniki Summit where EU membership was promised to the states of the Western Balkans. Most of them are...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 18, 2019 3 min read

Give the kids those damned marshmallows

Sinterklaas is here. Mountains of chocolate everywhere. Looking at the kids walking on the streets with their goodies and wanting to eat “just one...

Marta Loeb
Dec 16, 2019 3 min read

Ready, set, roll

After a few changes and a slight delay, the von der Leyen Commission finally got the green light from the Parliament. In theory, nothing...

Marta Loeb
Dec 12, 2019 1 min read

Protecting the rule of law – the right way…

A few final thoughts and conclusions (sort of) So far, I’ve written about why rule of law is a beautiful, complex, yet rather tricky...

Marta Loeb
Nov 29, 2019 3 min read

Protecting the rule of law – the right way…

Upcoming initiatives and their problems – how to avoid hurting rule of law while trying to defend it In the previous two parts I...

Marta Loeb
Nov 22, 2019 6 min read