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What Hamas wrought

What Hamas wrought

Instead of igniting a war that would destroy Israel, the militant group lit the fuse that set much of the region on fire, burning its own allies above all.

December 12, 2024 4:00 am CET
Trump pledges peace through strength. Will he deliver?
A roadmap to navigating Trump’s tariffs
The new normal: Controlled trade

The new normal: Controlled trade

November 26, 2024 4:01 am CET
EU’s Global Gateway is not a silver bullet
Early years investment could lift millions of children out of poverty. Why wait? 
Africa shows why debt relief should be on the table at COP29 
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The paradox of Italy’s industrial strategy

For all the talk of revitalizing and greening Europe, company owners in Italy are being allowed to relocate their businesses abroad rather than modernize and adjust at home.

November 16, 2024 4:01 am CET

Victors in the race for emerging tech will determine future

Collectively, emerging technologies are creating an unstable world, where we don’t clearly understand what national security looks like.

November 13, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Democrats keep forgetting the working class

As right-wing politicians scoop up the blue-collar vote, the left has its head in the sand.

November 6, 2024 12:24 pm CET

Mark Rutte: North Korean troops in Europe marks turning point

What we need is the political commitment to stay the course for the long haul.

November 6, 2024 4:00 am CET

How Trump could ban abortion without Congress

A new lawsuit targeting mifepristone presages a broader attack on abortion rights.

November 4, 2024 9:19 pm CET

Putin and his puppets stole the Georgian election

This is about more than just Georgia and our people. It’s about the future of Western democracy.

November 4, 2024 4:00 am CET

An elegy for Georgia’s democracy

The West must see Georgia as a warning, pointing to the growing sophistication of authoritarian political technologies, which have implications for foreign elections as well as those at home.

October 31, 2024 4:00 am CET

Putin’s cash crunch

It’s time for Europe and the US to tighten the financial screws on Russia and accelerate an end to the war.

October 30, 2024 4:00 am CET

Is this the end for Georgian Dream? 

Despite the dire circumstances, Georgia’s more progressive and more prepared for European transformation than at any other time in its independent history. 

October 24, 2024 4:01 am CET

How Gülen’s feud with Erdoğan shaped today’s Turkey

The cleric’s supporters infiltrated the police and judiciary — but went too far when they challenged Erdoğan’s allies and family.

October 22, 2024 11:11 pm CET

The Greens’ dilemma

Winning elections isn’t just about having the right message, it’s about having a message that resonates with people’s daily concerns.

October 21, 2024 4:01 am CET

Deciding Moldova’s European future

Sunday’s results will show whether the country’s efforts to avoid their own ‘Brexit moment’ will succeed.

October 19, 2024 2:41 pm CET
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Battle for Moldova’s future: Gendered disinformation is Russia’s secret weapon

Much like the US vice president, who has similarly been the target of disinformation campaigns, Sandu’s candidacy has been a lightning rod for misogyny cloaked in political rhetoric.

October 18, 2024 4:00 am CET

Breaking up with Google: Why the EU should back the US

While Washington debates a break-up of the tech giant, Brussels should seize the opportunity to end the company’s monopoly over digital advertising — it may never get a better one.

October 17, 2024 4:01 am CET

G7’s Ukraine loan is at risk

What began as a multilateral statement of support has morphed into a fragmented and precarious arrangement, plagued by internal political and legal wrangling.

October 16, 2024 4:00 am CET

This isn’t Lebanon’s war

Despite being caught in the cross fire, the Lebanese people overwhelmingly reject both Iran’s imposition of conflict and Israel’s bombardment. They stand abandoned by a caretaker government beholden to Hezbollah.

October 14, 2024 4:00 am CET

Here’s what Kamala Harris must do to seal the deal

The vice president can prevail in a tight race if she takes these tough steps to prove to skeptics that she’s committed to bipartisan government.

October 10, 2024 11:25 am CET

Europe’s naivety toward Iran is misplaced

To date, the EU’s Iran policy has been ineffective and seriously flawed. And the bloc’s leaders need to wake up to the security threat Tehran poses.

October 9, 2024 4:00 am CET

Why Israel’s war against Hezbollah could backfire — on the US

A CIA veteran explains why killing the enemy and winning battles does not, alone, win wars anymore.

October 8, 2024 4:18 pm CET

Estonian president: Tear down the wall of restrictions we’ve built around Ukraine

As the West, the limits we’ve placed on ourselves merely reflect our fear, weakness and indecision — all feeding the aggressor.

October 7, 2024 4:00 am CET

Russia and China’s cooperation in the Arctic is a rising nuclear threat

While Beijing and Moscow have been working to establish a strategic foothold in the region for more than a decade, Washington and Brussels are just now waking up to the danger.

October 3, 2024 4:00 am CET

Draghi report on Europe’s competitiveness falls short

While well-received in Brussels, the question of what exactly the common debt should finance, and how it would foster innovation, has been sidelined.

October 2, 2024 4:00 am CET

Biden needs to be the last Irish-American US president

In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.

October 1, 2024 4:00 am CET

Walking a fraying nuclear tightrope

At this perilous moment, a recommitment to nuclear arms control is nothing short of a moral imperative. We’ve done this work before; we can do it again.

September 25, 2024 4:00 am CET
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