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In the past, European interventions may not have always been an unmitigated success, but Europe was there at least to be accounted for. With geopolitical storms gathering speed, the EU seems to have lost its foreign policy.

The EU Needs an Interagency Process for Foreign Policy

Is European diplomacy still relevant ?

The new commission looks set to push this trend further in many respects. External funding will increasingly be channelled through the Global Gateway, the EU’s initiative for infrastructure investment designed to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The New European Commission’s Distorted Democracy Agenda

With the clear primacy of security issues in the new European Commission’s priorities, the place of democracy support in the EU’s geopolitical toolbox looks increasingly uncertain

Food contact materials in their widest sense are anything from the obvious plastic containers and packaging to kitchen utensils, cutlery and dishes to equipment like coffee makers (my beloved plastic AeroPress?) and the plastic bowls and jugs of kitchen processors and blenders, as well as the commercial machinery used to process food. Included, too, are food transport containers.

What We Are Made of: Blood, Guts — and Plastics

The packaging of the food that we consume is poisoning us with chemicals

The research confirms that Russia has chosen Germany as the prime target of disinformation campaigns with the intention of detaching it from the Western alliance and turning it into Moscow’s advocate.

How Russia Invades Germany

The extent and systematic nature of the disinformation with which Putin’s Russia is flooding Western public opinion in order to destabilize liberal democracies and undermine their willingness to support Ukraine is becoming increasingly clear

Trudeau’s apparent belief that only he can carry on building the Liberal legacy seems disingenuous, given that there is clearly no new, enhanced Liberal agenda for a next electoral mandate.

Canada: What Explains Justin Trudeau’s Long Goodbye?

Is the Canadian Prime Minister’s refusal to leave office a symptom of hubris?

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Now, the U.S. Supreme Court has swept away that objection with its immunity ruling. And Trump has learned that next time he should only employ people in the White House and the Justice Department who will be eager to implement his wishes, however outrageous they may be.

World

Trump Means To Weaponize the Justice Department

Friday, October 11, 2024

Trump means what he says. If elected, he will weaponize Justice to jail his enemies and will empower the police to use violence

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In Italy, Meloni’s ECR heads a coalition government with Matteo Salvini’s Lega (Patriots for Europe) and Antonio Tajani’s Forza Italia (EPP) - an alliance she seems eager to replicate at the EU level.

Europe

Meloni keen to form conservative front with EPP, Patriots

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) leader Giorgia Meloni appears to be looking to unite the right-wing European People’s Party (EPP) group and the new far-right Orban-led Patriots for Europe group

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The very different climatic and political conditions in Africa’s 54 nations inevitably fragment technical assistance programs, but there’s nevertheless a strong case for a determined new EU drive to streamline African agriculture.

World

Is the EU doing enough for a hungry world?

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Two statistical bombshells highlight the widening gap between Europe and the world’s poor and hungry

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Israel’s Zionist ideology emphasizes the need for a secure Jewish homeland, leading to a forceful military response to perceived existential threats.

World

The Four Roots of the Israel-Hamas Conflict

Monday, October 7, 2024

Hamas’ attack and Israel’s retaliatory war are the dire by-products of decades-long psychological impediments — historical, ideological, religious and humanitarian

In short, by using diplomacy and their military weight in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) they could make a significant and necessary contribution to establishing the conditions for a sequenced de-escalation, at least on the Lebanese side.

World

Now Is Europe’s Time to Act on Lebanon

Friday, October 4, 2024

Europe’s financial, diplomatic, and military power could help create the conditions for a sequenced de-escalation in Lebanon

He told an audience in Brussels that he saw the ongoing conflict with China as a “fight for democracy” and that he believed there was “growing support” among the international community for Taiwan. The diplomat also raised concerns about alleged “political interference” in Taiwanese elections and a “growing threat” to the island.

World

Top diplomat voices concern at rising tensions in Taiwan Strait

Friday, October 4, 2024

Taiwan’s ambassador to the EU and Belgium has hit out at what he calls “distorted claims” about the island by China

The point, of course, is that Trump’s past policies did little to nothing for most Americans, and his new proposals could well harm them. Harris is at least suggesting initiatives that might benefit many voters.

World

Is This 2016 All Over Again?

Thursday, October 3, 2024

I have the sinking feeling that we could see a repeat of the 2016 election this year

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This is the broad view of Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank and its Senior Vice President for Development Economics.

Europe

A decade of slow growth? The World Bank’s chief economist on the global economic outlook

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

“The global economy is doing better than we expected just six months ago, but it’s doing much worse than it was six years ago”

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Much of the speculation has centred on the trade dimension of the relationship, understandably so, given the hand the UK dealt itself with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) - one of the two core agreements, alongside the Withdrawal Agreement, that now govern the EU-UK relationship.

Europe

Starmer’s EU-UK ‘reset’ faces reality check after botched divorce

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

As UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first official meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes place in Brussels on Wednesday, an unfamiliar optimism is in the air

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By choosing Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president, Kaja Kallas as EU high representative, and Antonio Costa as its own president, the European Council came up with a leadership team that—unlike the present one—might actually be capable of working together.

Europe

The EU’s Crisis of Confidence

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

On the face of it, the EU’s institutional transition of 2024 has been going well

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The CEO of Navigator, Danae Bezantakou, opened the Forum, emphasizing that the NAVIGATORFORUM has been a dynamic initiative for the exchange of ideas and best practices for 23 consecutive years.

Events

23rd Navigator 2024 - The Shipping Decision Makers Forum in Chios & Oinousses islands:Developments and Challenges in Shipping beyond the Boundaries

Monday, September 30, 2024

The “23rd NAVIGATOR 2024 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM” was successfully organizedby NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS from September 20 to 22, 2024, on the islands of Chios and Oinousses

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In her email, Karystianou, a paediatrician who has also spoken two times in Parliament – calls on EU leaders to think twice about the candidate proposed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Europe

Email from Athens set to cause von der Leyen, Metsola headaches

Monday, September 30, 2024

An email sent to the European Commission and Parliament chiefs is expected to stir the waters ahead of the upcoming hearing of Greece’s commissioner candidate for the transport portfolio

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EU Actually

China hits back and starts with France

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

Following the EU’s recent vote to go ahead with the Commission’s proposal for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles imported into the EU, China is hitting back

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The EU Needs an Interagency Process for Foreign Policy

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Is European diplomacy still relevant ?

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