The EU is letting itself be blackmailed by Hungary
For Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, there is only one lesson to be learned from the compromise reached with the…
The EU and America are sliding into protectionism
Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Washington this week and the upcoming meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council on…
Many Europeans continue to yearn for British leadership
Liz Truss’s mind was probably elsewhere when she arrived in Prague for the inaugural summit of the European Political Community (EPC)…
How Poland came back from the brink
Poland is back. Not so long ago, the country was seen as an effigy of democratic backsliding, rather than a…
Is Putin about to invade Moldova?
‘If you don’t like how the table is set, turn over the table,’ said Frank Underwood, the Machiavellian character played…
Is the West deceiving itself about Russia’s ‘defeat’ in Ukraine?
Following his fateful decision to invade Ukraine, Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin has been customarily described as a high-stakes gambler. Yet…
Europe can’t expect America to ride to its rescue against Putin
Joe Biden received a lot of flak for suggesting that Nato might be divided about what to do next if…
The battle for Ukraine has already been lost
Forget the ‘commitment‘ of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ukraine’s sovereignty, the EU’s ‘firm and decisive’ support, and…
The EU’s woeful response to the collapse of Tunisian democracy
For a political actor that ‘believes in the universal value of democracy and the rights of the individual,’ as the…
Why is the EU copying China’s Belt and Road initiative?
Much like Mark Twain’s apocryphal quote about arguing with idiots who ‘drag you down to their level and beat you…
Europe should be wary of Biden’s cuddly capitalism
Judging by the European press’ reaction to his address to Congress this week, US president Joe Biden’s domestic agenda is…
Welcome to Trump’s second term
President Biden’s emphatic assertion that ‘America is back’ at the Munich Security Conference last month was met with a lukewarm…
