Kazakhstan: Secrets, Lies, and Foreign Troops
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 12, 2022
A rift in Kazakhstan’s elite has violently played out in the streets of the country. Foreign troop support may have kept President Tokayev in power, but it has also linked his political future to Vladimir Putin
Europe and the United States Play Into Putin’s Hands
By: EBR | Friday, January 7, 2022
Transatlantic disunity and a lack of strategy over how to deal with Russia’s ultimatum is placing Europe’s security architecture at risk. The West has no choice but to put up a strong united front
Closing Memorial: Putin’s Blueprint for U.S. Republicans
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 5, 2022
How the closure of the Memorial in Russia is a template for the kind of society Republicans want to build in the U.S.
4 reasons ocean industry should embrace data sharing
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Ocean industry practices are under scrutiny due to advances in surveillance technology.
How nature is more than a carbon sink
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Debates on carbon credits at COP26 highlighted how difficult it is to apply a global standard to complex regulatory and physical landscapes across diverse geographies
Using the Global Goals as a Systemic Approach to Relief
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
With the UN SDGs as a guide, how can non-profits and NGOs do their work while considering long-term impact?
Sayonara to Iran’s Arab militias?
By: EBR | Thursday, December 30, 2021
Iranian support for Arab militias has long threatened Iran’s enemies. Now, the tide may be turning
1971: Big Shifts in China and in the U.S.
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 28, 2021
The year when China was brought out of its shell — and the U.S. started learning about unsuccessful interventions
2021 year-end European Business Review (EBR) issue released!
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 22, 2021
European Business Review (EBR) released its last issue for the year 2021
Alarm bells are ringing for US Democrats
By: EBR | Friday, December 17, 2021
President Biden’s approval ratings when it comes to both the economy and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a big hit in a new poll
Chinese arms industry competes with the big ones
By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, December 17, 2021
The arms race continues despite the pandemic. The US remains the dominant achieved last year in the full corona crisis
China ‘steals’ another Taiwan diplomatic ally
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 15, 2021
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expressed its extreme regret that the government of the Republic of Nicaragua announced its acceptance of the ‘one China principle’
EU confronted with lack of skilled labour to support building renovation wave
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 15, 2021
The EU’s push to improve energy efficiency in buildings and reduce the amount of fossil fuel they consume could create more than 160,000 jobs in the energy and heating sector by 2030, according to the European Commission
Who will be the judge of countries’ climate plans?
By: EBR | Monday, December 13, 2021
Countries have until the end of next year to ensure their climate commitments meet the Paris agreement’s cap on global warming
Can We Pull Back From the Brink?
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 7, 2021
The world is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic intolerance becomes the norm
Russia and China Mobilise Transatlantic Partners
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Together, the United States and Europe can modernize the post–1945 international order. This requires a strong commitment to democracy and the defense of the norms and values that define the West
Boosting Transatlantic Technology Cooperation
By: EBR | Thursday, December 2, 2021
The EU and the U.S. need to address the real technology competitiveness challenge, which is China
NATO Must Adapt to an Era of Hybrid Threats
By: EBR | Thursday, December 2, 2021
NATO struggles to respond to events falling in between the seams of collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative security. Allies should use the 2022 Strategic Concept to map out how they will deal with Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare
Omicron underlines the need for global pandemic preparedness
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Even before the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 began to panic financial markets and spur another rash of lockdown-style measures, epidemiologists had been warning of mutations that might make the coronavirus an enduring feature of life on earth
The EU Should Stand Firm on Turkey
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 24, 2021
To avoid an open rule-of-law dialogue with the EU, Turkey is being selective in its areas of engagement with the bloc
By: N. Peter Kramer
