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Understanding the emotionality as well as the rationality of states will help us unleash the best in cooperative human and state behavior

How States Act and (Feel) — and Why It Matters

Civilizational frontier risks, the role of human nature and humanity’s collective future.

China’s National Bureau of Statistics said the economy showed "strong resilience and vitality" against pressure

China’s economic growth slows as trade tensions with US flare up

China’s economic growth slowed in the three months to the end of September as problems in the property market persisted and trade tensions with the US flared up.

According to multiple sources who attended the talks in London, Chinese delegates were visibly amused by the escalating transatlantic quarrel

In today’s polarised world, relying on China is a strategic misstep

When push comes to shove, China will negotiate with the global superpower – not with Brussels

Marine Le Pen’s hard-right National Rally (RN) and the radical-left France Unbowed (LFI) of Jean-Luc Mélenchon have both tabled confidence votes in Lecornu’s government on Thursday, but would need the support of centre-left parties to bring him down.

French PM backs freezing Macron’s pension reform to save government

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has told parliament he backs suspending controversial 2023 pension reforms, in the face of crucial votes of no-confidence later this week

The European crisis is deeper than an inability to conceive of security outside the U.S.-dominated NATO framework

Europe’s Broken National Politics Hamper its Geopolitical Power

Europe is paralyzed, crippled by a lack of strategic vision, the surge of far-right forces, and the multiplication of caretaker governments. To achieve the union’s geopolitical ambitions, EU member states must first respond to their citizens’ daily concerns.

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And, no doubt, a vast part of Britain’s wealth in the 18th and 19th century was based in large part on enslaving men and women with black or brown skins or treating them as forced labor once slavery was abolished in the British Empire by an Act of Parliament in 1833. In that sense, the fascist impulse was simply “offshored.”

Analyses

British History: As full of cruelty, racism and hate as any other nation in Europe

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Is it really true that Britain’s special path as a nation of tolerance, parliamentary debate and democracy is only coming to an end in the age of Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson?

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The EU’s next priority should be to establish a clear, single point of contact for the Global Gateway in each partner country. Rather than relying on union officials juggling multiple portfolios or dispersing responsibilities across separate offices for businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders, a dedicated coordination hub is needed. These offices would serve as the central node for matchmaking, dialogue, and participatory decisionmaking, ensuring coherence, transparency, and accountability in implementation.

World

How the EU’s global gateway can compete in the global south

Thursday, October 16, 2025

In competition with China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Gateway strategy needs to find an edge. To better promote its interests through investment, the EU’s offer must become more coherent, transparent, and accountable

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However, he does share something fundamental with populist leaders Nawrocki, Orbán, and Fico about the EU: sovereignty. These leaders do not support further EU integration even though the political, security, and defense circumstances demand it.

Europe

Babiš’s victory in Czechia is not a turning point for European Populists

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

A populist movement has taken power in Czechia, reinforcing the steady rise of far-right parties across Central Europe. While united by the idea of regaining sovereignty, these forces remain divided on vital issues such as their stance toward Russia

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Property markets differ enormously within the EU, with rentals more popular in some countries. Their shared problem is the resentment of voters overburdened by rising costs and, in the case of younger people, excluded from getting a foot on the property ladder for the foreseeable future.

Analyses

It’s time to tackle the housing crisis that is fuelling populism

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Housing, which is to say the lack of it, is foremost among the factors fuelling populism. Addressing acute housing shortages is crucial to stemming support for right-wing extremists

The ministry has said another 460 people have died from malnutrition, including 182 since a famine was confirmed in Gaza City in August by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Israel has restricted aid deliveries it says were being taken away from civilians by Hamas fighters.

World

Israel and Hamas agree first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal

Friday, October 10, 2025

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage release deal, paving the way for a possible end to the conflict in Gaza

If he succeeds, Trump could join the ranks of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Yitzhak Rabin, leaders whose risks for peace reshaped history—an achievement that eluded even Biden and Obama, and one his most progressive critics might have to acknowledge.

Analyses

Trump’s Gaza peace gamble

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan has earned global backing—and with it, the real possibility of a Nobel Peace Prize.

On September, 10, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has gotten the institutional process going by making her proposal in her State of the Union speech. October brings decisive opportunities to operationalize the EU’s role.

World

The Trump Gaza Peace Plan needs the EU, too

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

The EU can play an essential role in ensuring all phases of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan are implemented by both Israel and the Palestinians. But for the union to exert its influence, Germany must rethink its unwavering support for Israel

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To move forward, Germany needs to break free from defending the status quo. It is high time to look beyond its traditional Western partners and recognize the strategic, cultural and economic importance of Eastern Europe — Poland is not alone. Just think of the dynamic Baltic Republics.

World

Warsaw: A Role Model for Berlin

Friday, October 3, 2025

Poland’s success story is about way more than just strong economic growth.

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For Brussels and Washington, the elections pose their own dilemma. In Georgia and Moldova, Western actors have drawn firm lines against Moscow’s proxies. In Kosovo, by contrast, they have treated SL as indispensable to participation, tolerating a monopoly for the sake of appearances. By accepting representation via a party compromised by violence and clientelism, Western policy risks damaging the country’s institutions and its own credibility on democracy.

World

In Kosovo’s elections, Serb representation is the west’s fig leaf

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Left without a functioning Assembly since February 2025, Kosovo’s febrile politics is due for another test. With options for representation of the Serb minority limited to Belgrade-backed proxies, October’s local elections are much more than a local contest

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The minister was visiting Poland and is seeking to find common cause with European democracies. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has found an increasingly sympathetic ear in parts of central and eastern Europe since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, even though almost all European countries only maintain formal diplomatic ties with Beijing and not Taipei. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying only the island’s people can decide their future.

World

Taiwan diplomat appeals for sovereignty to be upheld

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Taiwan’s new ambassador in Brussels has made an impassioned plea for his nation’s sovereignty to be respected

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Europe’s ‘coalition of the willing’ may at some point have to put peacekeeping ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine, but its weaknesses are daunting. The UK and France wrangle over their soldiers’ rules of engagement – should these deter Russian assaults or respond to them? As to capability shortcomings, the Europeans would have to rely on the US for intelligence, for many weapons systems and logistical support.

Europe

The EU’s defence drive lacks a plan and a political mandate

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Europe’s answer to the world’s geopolitical turmoil is massive rearmament and a new era of intra-EU military cooperation

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Seemingly decisive terms like “deal,” “success,” and “security guarantees” aim to project a sense of certainty, resolve, and consensus where they do not exist. In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such language framing policy and public debates not only does not help formulate a proactive and sustainable policy agenda but actively prevents its development.

Analyses

The power of language on war and peace

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealmaking approach to foreign policy has reduced complex negotiations to business transactions. But the now widespread use of euphemistic terms in global politics actively prevents the development of coherent policy agendas

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EU Actually

EP rejects an ‘unbalanced, excessive’ law, part of the Green Deal. A new trend?

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

As expected, another part of Timmermans’ Green Deal, the Forest Monitoring Regulation, has been rejected by the EP, by 370 votes to 264.

Europe

Europe’s leaders back Trump call for frontline freeze but Russia says no

Europe’s leaders back Trump call for frontline freeze but Russia says no

European leaders have joined Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in insisting that any talks on ending the war in Ukraine should start with freezing the current front line, and warned that Russia is not serious about peace.

Business

The Next Chapter: Governance and Growth for Global South families

The Next Chapter: Governance and Growth for Global South families

In much of the Global South, family-owned businesses are not a side story

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