Dr Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff is a diplomat who has been working in the field of EU external relations since 1992. He has served as the European Union’s official representative in various locations, ...

Contrary to the European trend, Germany wants to extend daily working hours. Here’s why the current debate is a step ...

Read this article in German. In 1990, Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen stated that ‘more than 100 million women are missing.’ What exactly did he mean by ‘missing’ here? Girls become ‘missing ...

Western allies are urging Ukraine to hold presidential elections. But President Zelenskyy has rejected such demands – for good reasons ...

The war has strained global supply chains — from semiconductors to car parts. This calls for policies to mitigate disruptions and increase resilience The Russian invasion of Ukraine has not only ...

‘Donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment for America and Europe, and the world. You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done. Europe is going to ...

Reimagining global health Dismissing Africa as a ‘junior partner’ when it comes to shaping health policy isn’t just outdated — it’s a strategic failure with global consequences ...

Since 2020, there have been six coups d'état in francophone West Africa. In all cases, the juntas succeeded in exploiting the ‘anti-French sentiment’ Reuters/Mahamadou Hamidou Niger's junta supporters ...

Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria is Executive Board member of Diplomeds, a cross-Mediterranean policy group advocating for dialogue and cooperation and facilitating back-channel talks in the region. He co-edited ...

EPA Popular among Chinese tourists: Statues of Mao Zedong displayed for sale in a souvenir store in Shaoshan, Mao's hometown. When Hua Guofeng – Mao Zedong’s designated successor – arranged the arrest ...

Reuters/Johanna Geron Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, so far, has had a much more harmonious relationship with the EU than Viktor Orbán. For a long time, a far-right European Union seemed ...

Evgeny Antonov is a journalist and analyst based in Riga. He focuses on issues facing the Baltic States, Europe's strategic security challenges, the war in Ukraine, and the situation in Russia. He was ...