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Will the Coronavirus topple China’s one-party regime?
It may seem preposterous to suggest that the outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, has imperilled the rule of the Communist Party of China...
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It’s now or never for national data strategies
Everybody seems to agree that data will play a fundamental role in the economy of the future, whether through health discoveries, smart energy grids,...
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Is Greece abandoning hydrocarbon exploration?
Following the abrupt dismissal within the space of 30 days of three senior officers from Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management (HHRM) and from Hellenic Petroleum’s...
Asia & Pacific
The benefits of hysteria
The epidemic of the COVID-19 is a fact, as are seasonal influenzas of various types that affect large amounts of people during winter, every...
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The West’s final countdown?
The year is still young, but its historical significance is already clear. At least as far as the West is concerned, foreseeable events in...
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The EU budget negotiations will determine our common path
The battle over the next EU budget by Europe’s leaders runs the risk of seriously undermining and destabilising the future of the European Union....
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Privacy is the EU’s distinct business and technology doctrine
What expectations for privacy might an individual have and what expectations should an individual have in the digital age? People proclaim that they do...
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Hecules and the hexagon
Johan Van Overtveld sees the current budget negotiations as a classic example of a European headache or as a hexagon he draws on his...
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The reality of Syria is that no one wins
Every day brings another round of the usual PR narratives from the Syrian conflict, which is now entering its 10th year.
Bashar al-Assad proclaims that...
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The rise of far-right extremism
The recent terrorist attack in Hanau, Germany that left 11 people dead, including the attacker, has once again made the world aware of the...
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UNRWA is an obstacle to peace
When US President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, foreign policy pundits were quick to declare it dead on arrival. Like it...
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A missed opportunity in Munich
Looking back at over a decade of European engagement beyond its eastern periphery, one fundamental challenge of the Eastern Partnership programme has been dealing...
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Belarus is back in the geo-political spotlight
February brought Belarusian foreign policy another remarkable spike of activity when the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
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‘Westlessness’ on display in Munich
Munich, Bavaria’s capital, constantly tops quality of life polls and is rated as one of the best cities to live in. For many decades...
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The monetarist fantasy is over
The forced resignation of the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, is the latest sign that macroeconomic policy is being upended, and...
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The economic consequences of the coronavirus
Since a new type of coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China, last December, the number of people infected worldwide has soared to over 44,000,...
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Europe must recognise China for what it is
Neither the European public nor European political and business leaders fully understand the threat presented by Xi Jinping’s China. Although Xi is a dictator...
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Green gases from sun and wind are a new opportunity for North Africa
It was a matter of principle the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s first visit abroad was to liaise with the African Union....
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The Russian economic model is not an example for Ukraine
Today’s Ukraine is making a huge effort trying to reform its economy so that it can transform it into a modern, competitive, corruption-free and...
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Embracing Europe’s power
The geopolitical upheavals we are witnessing today underline the urgency with which the European Union must find its way in a world increasingly characterised...
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A future filled with empty choices?
Throughout most of human history both progress and its horizontal transmission was an extremely slow and occasionally tedious process. Well into the classical period...
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Utilising economic and trade uncertainties in private equity portfolios
It is winter, and my glass of wine, like a plethora of products across the European Union has a problem I cannot see -...
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Polish democracy is in crisis and the US and EU must take action
Polish President Andrzej Duda recently signed the so-called “muzzle law,” which makes it illegal for the country’s judges to openly question the government’s judicial...
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The severity of food waste in Europe
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 specifically aims to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. However, this issue is at the heart of...
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Is global climate solidarity impossible?
Despite the buzz around climate action at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the world’s current environmental prospects look grim. There...
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If God created Earth, he was surely generous when he created Metohija
If we look at our planet as a consequence of plate tectonics, then the whole area bordered by Mokra Gora, Mounts Prokletije and Pastrik,...
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A sad day for Europe, but a chance to reform the EU
It was a sad day for Europe on January 31. For the first time in its history, one of its 28 Member States voluntarily...
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Impact of coronavirus on oil and gas markets
The World Health Organisation first heard of coronavirus on 31 December. At that time the price of Brent crude was about $68/bl. It has...
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Mad Brexit disease
I was all of six when I first went abroad to Switzerland. The following year was able to accompany my parents again, this time...
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The EU’s risky green taxonomy
The European Union and the European Parliament are soon expected to adopt a so-called “taxonomy” for classifying green investments, after reaching agreement last month...
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The battle for French pension reform
A year after a proposed fuel tax triggered the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protests, France faces another crisis, this time over pension reform. Mass...
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Orphanage tourism endangers children
Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Melania Trump, and Kanye West have all, in recent years, made highly publicised visits to orphanages in low-income countries. Tourists who...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan expects 14 new airline routes due to ‘Open Skies’
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan - Airlines are expected to launch 14 new routes in 2020 due to the introduction of an ‘open skies’ regime over Kazakhstan,...
Analysis
Does Trump’s peace plan make the EU less relevant?
The Peace to Prosperity plan that the Trump administration rolled out as a “Deal of the Century” on January 28 offers the prospect of a future Palestinian...
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Europe needs a “Clean Hydrogen Coalition”
You would expect the Secretary General of Hydrogen Europe to ask for a hydrogen coalition and indeed that is the case, however the reasons...
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What kind of great power can Europe become?
World War II, and the period of decolonisation that followed it, brought to an end the centuries-long global domination of Europe’s great powers. After...
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Jasenovac, the forgotten extermination camp of the Balkans
At the invitation of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, over 40 presidents, prime ministers, royals, and parliamentary leaders from Europe, North America, Russia, and Australia...
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Crumbling infrastructure – or crumbling cliché?
America’s infrastructure has been crumbling ever since George Washington crossed the frozen Delaware River on a leaky boat. That seems to be a bipartisan...
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The EU’s role in restoring democracy in Venezuela
The question that remains unanswered after Juan Guiado’s recent visit to Brussels is what should be the EU's role in resolving the crisis in...
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Can Slovakia’s justice system pass its big test?
Two years ago, on the evening of February 21, a contract killer slipped into the house of the young journalist Jan Kuciak and his...
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A sexist economy in Europe and worldwide
As political and economic leaders met for the World Economic Forum in Davos, new research reveals that the world’s 22 richest men have more...
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The rule of law is losing out to the rule of thumb in the Trump impeachment trial
Politicians and activists on both sides of the impeachment battle in the US have been deeply committed in pursuing their political goals while, at...
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The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4,000 people – mostly in China,...
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The twilight of EU foreign policy
Reporting on a recent conference in Berlin to discuss the conflict in Libya, one of Germany’s largest newspapers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, notes that, “the...
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The right to affordable housing: Europe’s neglected duty
Increasingly making the headlines is the fact that the scarcity of affordable housing in Europe is a serious and growing problem that pushes an...
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The fundamental legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials
In these rather unfortunate days, some voices in Europe are trying to question the very fundaments of the antifascist legacy. Though such dangerous and...
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Greece is back. Now it’s time to bring Greeks back
It’s official - the Athens stock exchange was the best performing equity market in Europe last year, reflecting the new-found confidence of international investors...
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Building cooperation in an unsettled world
The world is at a turning point, with power shifting and dispersing in ways that signal the emergence of a new multipolar era. In...
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The terrorism paradox
There was, all too predictably, no shortage of political profiteering in the wake of November’s London Bridge terror attack, in which Usman Khan fatally...
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Finding Europe’s way in the world
The European Union, and particularly Germany, have yet to rise to the challenge posed by the United States’ retreat from global leadership. But, given...
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